75 Cal. App. 4th 384 - Bennett v. SHAHHAL’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 53 Cal. 3d 315 - Woods v. Young · 45 Cal. 3d 491 - Committee of Seven Thousand v. Superior Court · 13 Cal. 4th 381 - In Re Marriage of Cornejo · 17 Cal. App. 4th 974 - Suk Yong Kim v. Sumitomo Bank · DeRose v. Carswell
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is to decrease the number of medical malpractice actions filed by establishing a procedure that encourages the parties to negotiate `outside the structure and atmosphere of the formal litigation process.' [Citations.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“clearly evidenced the specific intent to sue”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he tolling provision of section 364, subdivision (d) applies only to plaintiffs who have served their original notice of intent to sue within 90 days of the expiration of the applicable limitations period. The service of an early notice, as here, fully achieves the legislative objective of encouraging negotiated resolutions of disputes without the necessity of suit. A second notice is not required and would generally serve no purpose ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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