Bunch v. Tiwari’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Colonial Penn Insurance v. Guzorek · Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Chapman · Oelling v. Rao · Jordan v. Deery · Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Chapman
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(olur analysis proceeds from the premise that summary judgment is a lethal weapon and that courts must be ever mindful of its aims and targets and beware of overkill in its use.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Frazier v. Mellowitz · Row v. Holt“[I]f Mr. Bunch was pain-free in his right leg prior to the spinal anesthetic and came out of surgery with immediate pain in his right leg and a dysesthic type of pain, then this pain was likely related to and caused by the spinal puncture or injection of spinal anesthetic.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to the expert at or before the hearing. Experts may testify to opinions based on inadmissible evidence, provided that it is of the type reasonably relied upon by experts in the field.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mills v. Berrios
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.