Heiner v. Moretuzzo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 58 state decisions

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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ohio does not recognize a claim for negligent infliction of serious emotional distress where the distress is caused by the plaintiff's fear of a nonexistent physical peril.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Collins v. Flowers, Unpublished Decision (7-27-2005) · Galland v. Meridia Health Sys., Inc., Unpublished Decision (9-20-2006)

2. “(1) whether the plaintiff was located near the scene of the accident, as contrasted with one who was a distance away; (2) whether the shock resulted from a direct emotional impact upon the plaintiff from sensory and contemporaneous observance of the accident, as contrasted with learning of the accident from others after its occurrence; and (3) whether the plaintiff and victim (if any) were closely related, as contrasted with an absence of any relationship or the presence of only a distant relationship.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. White v. Bhatt · 119 Ohio App. 3d 578 - Nadel v. Burger King Corp.

3. “[T]he claimed negligent diagnosis never placed appellant or any other person in real physical peril, since appellant was, in fact, HIV negative.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bright v. Family Medicine Found., Inc., Unpublished Decision (9-28-2006) · Masny v. Rhodes, Unpublished Decision (8-31-2004)