Johnson v. Maxwell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The jurisprudence of the State has conclusively established the term `accident' as including and comprehending the breakdown or impairment of a diseased organ or the exaggeration of a pre-existing physical defect." Johnson v. Maxwell, 113 So.2d 27, 28 (La.App., 2d Cir. 1959—writ denied).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lum v. Employers Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. of Wis.

2. “"`Accident' means an unexpected or unforeseen event happening suddenly or violently, with or without human fault and producing at the time objective symptoms of an injury";”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lum v. Employers Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. of Wis.

3. “"`Injury' and `Personal Injuries' includes only injuries by violence to the physical structure of the body and such disease or infections as naturally result therefrom."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lum v. Employers Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. of Wis.