Flax v. Schertler’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
8 district · 17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Central Bank of Denver Na v. First Interstate Bank of Denver Na K · M. A. P. v. Ryan · Johnson v. United States · Halberstam v. Welch · First Chicago International v. United Exchange Co.
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to succeed on a legal malpractice claim, the plaintiff must show that (1) the defendant was employed as the plaintiff's attorney, (2) the defendant breached a reasonable duty, and (3) that breach resulted in, and was the proximate cause of, the plaintiff's loss or damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[I]n a legal malpractice action, the plaintiff must present expert testimony establishing the standard of care unless the attorney's lack of care and skill is so obvious that the trier of fact can find negligence as a matter of common knowledge,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“We review a trial court's denial of a request for discovery premised on a [Super. Ct. Civ.] Rule 56(f) affidavit for abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.