Broom v. MacMaster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Unlike subsections (f) and (h), this subsection [g] does not operate to extend the 180 day period set out in subsection (d), but instead provides for a thirty day window of time within which the plaintiff may take the actions required by subsection (d). The provision is a “safety valve” to prevent the forfeiture of claims through an accident or mistake that causes a party to fail to comply with subsection (d) in the first instance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hanzi v. Bailey

2. “[t]he purpose behind a statute of limitations is not only to encourage a plaintiff to prosecute his claims within a period of time but, just a important, to advise the defendant of the claim against him in a timely fashion so that he may prepare his defense and preserve evidence before the lapse of time has rendered this process difficult, if not impossible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 128 F. Supp. 2d 1009 - Paredes v. City of Odessa

3. “What Broom’s attorney does not acknowledge is that he made the decision to make Presbyterian Hospital a party to the suit when he filed Broom’s petition naming the hospital as a defendant. Having made that decision, it was incumbent upon Broom to diligently attempt to serve the hospital to prevent her claims from being barred by the statute of limitations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Montes v. Villarreal