Kovacs v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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

1. “For the terms [of a contract] to be considered complete they must be 'definite and certain' and must set forth the 'promises of performance to be rendered by each party.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kincaid v. Johnson, True & Guarnieri, LLP · Sharon Floss Ryan's Family Steak Houses Inc et al v. Kyle Daniels

2. “Consent is a process, not a document. Authorization for treatment is the culmination of a discussion between a patient and a health care provider, the disclosure of risk and benefit information, the disclosure of reasonable alternative forms of care, and the posing of questions and answers by both the patient and the provider. Once the patient has agreed to a specific course of treatment, the process is over_The documentation, the so-called consent form, is not the consent, for that lies instead in the conclusion of the discussion between the patient and the physician.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hoofnel v. Segal