Deveney v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2002
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New Jersey Department of Corrections v. Nash · Hasemeier v. Smith · Cebula v. Benoit · Calvin v. Jewish Hospital of St. Louis · Goodenough v. Deaconess Hospital
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The types of cases where res ipsa loqui-tur have been found to be applicable in malpractice actions are as follows: a patient suffered a neck injury from being improperly positioned on a table for a proctoscope examination, Goodenough v. Deaconess Hosp., 637 S.W.2d 123 (Mo.App.1982); a patient suffered a burn to her chest while undergoing surgery within her vaginal cavity, Swan, 669 S.W.2d at 591 ; a patient suffered injury to her arm while undergoing back surgery. Calvin, 746 S.W.2d at 603 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Graham v. Thompson
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.