Otis Elevator Co. v. Haveley’s Empirical Analysis
1931
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
March 1938
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Integrity Mutual Casualty Co. v. Garrett · Fursman Coal Co. v. State Industrial Commission
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Incapacity or disability cannot be found to be total, where it appears that the claimant’s earning power is not wholly destroyed, and that he is still capable of performing remunerative employment. In such a case, he is under the obligation of making active efforts to Procure such work as 'he can still perform. ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.