Brinkman v. Bueter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A plaintiff does not need to be told malpractice occurred to trigger the statute of limitations.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Anonymous Physician, Anonymous Medical Practice, Anonymous Hospital v. Michelle Kendra, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Kendra · Theresa Biedron v. Anonymous Physician 1

2. “on which a patient either knows of malpractice and the resulting injury or learns of facts that, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, should lead to the discovery thereof is known as the”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Anonymous Physician, Anonymous Medical Practice, Anonymous Hospital v. Michelle Kendra, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Kendra · Theresa Biedron v. Anonymous Physician 1

3. “is an 'occurrence' statute as opposed to a 'discovery' statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Anonymous Physician, Anonymous Medical Practice, Anonymous Hospital v. Michelle Kendra, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Kendra · Theresa Biedron v. Anonymous Physician 1