Sibbing v. Cave’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We do not read Whitaker [v. Kruse, 495 N.E.2d 223 (Ind.Ct.App.1986)] to allow an injured plaintiff to recover for medical treatment wholly unrelated to a defendant's wrongful conduct. Whitaker does not eliminate the causation element. It specifically states: "We hold that an injured party may recover for injuries caused by the original tort fea-sor's negligent conduct."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burton v. Bridwell

2. “Statements made by persons who are seeking medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mastin v. State

3. “So long as the individual seeking medical care makes a reasonable choice of physicians, he is entitled to recover for all damages resulting from any aggravation of his original injury caused by a physician's misdiagnosis or mistreat ment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burton v. Bridwell