Evans v. Conlee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Notwithstanding any other law, no health care liability claim may be commenced unless the action is filed within two years from the occurrence of the breach or tort or from the date the medical or health care treatment that is the subject of the claim or the hospitalization for which the claim is made is completed; provided that minors under the age of 12 years shall have until their 14th birthday in which to file, or have filed on their behalf, the claim....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sanchez v. Memorial Medical Center Hospital

2. “We interpret Rule 166a to mean that the trial court need only consider the evidence which was properly before it at the time the motion for summary judgment is heard. Likewise, it is proper for us to review only the evidence which was properly before the trial court at the time of hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gates v. Dow Chemical Co.

3. “specifically places the burden on the [respondent] to obtain leave of court to file a late response.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Neimes v. Kien Chung Ta