118 Ill. App. 2d 85 - Karris v. Goldman’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The sole test or criterion with which to determine whether the scaffold complies with the Act is not limited to its sturdiness or structural integrity, but it must also be of a size or dimension suitable for the anticipated equipment, tools or devices that are required to be placed thereon for the use of the workmen pursuing their assigned tasks.” # # e “The jury could find, for instance, that the use of the mortar plate which was 3 ft. square and weighed between 20 to 30 pounds with a portion thereof overhanging the outermost part of the scaffold, caused the scaffold to become insufficient, unsafe and dangerous.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 5 Ill. App. 3d 152 - Gadd v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

2. “"It was a proper jury question to resolve whether the makeup of the platform and its dimension were sufficient and safe enough to accommodate plaintiff and the requisite equipment, and to provide sufficient space upon which plaintiff was to perform his task of shoveling. The jury could find, for instance, that the use of the motar plate, which was 3 ft. square and weighed between 20 and 30 pounds with a portion thereof overhanging the outermost part of the scaffold, caused the scaffold to become insufficient, unsafe and dangerous."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 11 Ill. App. 3d 987 - Tenenbaum v. City of Chicago

3. “* * * insufficient, unsafe and dangerous”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 11 Ill. App. 3d 987 - Tenenbaum v. City of Chicago