Chambers v. Conaway’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 33 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 38 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....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kahanek v. Gross · Osborne v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

2. ““The provision in Section 10.01 that permits the limitations period to run “from the date the medical or health care treatment that is the subject of the claim ... is completed” contemplates a situation wherein the patient’s injury occurs during a course of treatment for a particular condition and the only readily ascertainable date is the last day of treatment. Such a situation often arises in suits alleging misdiagnosis or mistreatment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ericson v. Roberts

3. “If Dr. Spoil’s opinions and conclusions are to be accepted, they tend to establish that Dr. Chambers was negligent in his care of Mrs. Conaway up to the last appointment between them on January 19, 1988, a date less than two years before Mrs. Conaway commenced her claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patricia Neal-Moreno and Arthur Moreno, Individually and A/N/F Gabriel Moreno and Sarah Jane Moreno, Minors v. Dave W. Kittrell, M.D.