Ruiz v. Oniate’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably 773 So. 2d 670 - Duncan v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (2000), Pumphrey v. City of New Orleans (2006)
1 federal appellate · 34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 477 So. 2d 1094 - Sibley v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Louisiana State University · 617 So. 2d 885 - Touchard v. Williams · State v. Theriot · 633 So. 2d 1210 - Kelty v. Brumfield · 665 So. 2d 1166 - Ledbetter v. Concord General Corp.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if application of the foregoing rules of interpretation fails to illuminate definitively the legislature's intent, only then should the rule of strict construction apply to the interpretation of laws in derogation of common rights such as the MLSSA.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“B. Limitation of liability. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, no judgment shall be rendered and no settlement or compromise shall be entered into for the injury or death of any patient in any action or claim for an alleged act of malpractice in excess of five hundred thousand dollars plus interest and costs, exclusive of future medical care and related benefits valued in excess of such five hundred thousand dollars.... C. Coverage. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the state shall pay any damages, interest, cost of investigation and defense, and any other costs in connection with any claim lodged against any health care provider ("person" as defined herein) for an alleged act of medical malpractice, resulting in the injury or death of a patient up to the limits set forth in this Part. ... [3]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Conerly v. State“(ii) A person acting in a professional capacity in providing health care services, by or on behalf of the state, including, but not limited to, a ... physical therapist, ... who is either: (aa) Acting within the course and scope of his employment pursuant to a contract with the state, which contract specially names that health care provider and designates him to render such health care services, pursuant to a staff appointment to a state hospital or other state health care facility, or pursuant to an assignment to render such health care services for or on behalf of the state, without regard to where the services are performed, whether or not he is paid for such services; or (bb) Performing voluntary professional services in a health care facility or institution for or on behalf of the state [[Image here]]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.