2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Sawyer v. Midelfort.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sawyer v. Midelfort Anchor | green | “exercise that degree of care and skill which is exercised by the average practitioner in the class to which he belongs, acting in the same or similar circumstances.” | 20 |
| 2 | Gil v. Reed | green | “shows that an ordinary person could conclude from common experience that he could not have been injured had his medical providers exercised care” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.