6 canonical passages across 6 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 Simpkins v. CSX Transportation.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simpkins v. CSX Transportation Anchor | green | “(1) the reasonable foreseeability of the injury, (2) the likelihood of the injury, (3) the magnitude of the burden of guarding against the injury, and (4) the consequences of placing that burden on the defendant.” | 8 |
| 2 | Kirk v. Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center | green | “a plaintiff cannot maintain a medical malpractice action absent a direct physician-patient relationship between the doctor and plaintiff or a special relationship, as present in renslow, between the patient and the plaintiff.” | 4 |
| 3 | Eckhardt v. Kirts | green | “failed to establish the first two elements of the duty to warn, the trial court properly granted summary judgment to the defendant.” | 3 |
| 4 | Doe v. McKay | green | “an atmosphere of confidence and trust in which the patient is willing to make a frank and complete disclosure of facts, emotions, memories, and fears,” | 3 |
| 5 | Tedrick v. Community Resource Center, Inc. | green | “a mental-health-care provider owes a duty to warn and protect a nonpatient third party, when his patient confides his intention to kill an identified third party and later kills the third party.” | 3 |
| 6 | Lindgren v. Moore | green | “the duty of confidentiality that every therapist owes to his or her patients.” | 3 |
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.