Cortex Drilling Co. v. Henning’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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

1. ““We have set out the testimony somewhat at length, for the reason that petitioner boldly asserts that there is no competent evidence to support the finding of the Commission that claimant sustained a 15 per cent, loss of vision of his left eye. “With this contention we cannot agree. To begin with, we have some evidence that prior to the injury claimant’s vision was perfectly normal; we think that without this evidence the presumption would be that elaimamt’s vision was normal. Certainly there is evidence that, after the injury, claimant’s vision in the left eye was impaired at least 15 .per cent. Then how is the impaired vision to he accounted for? There is absolutely no evidence to show that it was caused by anything other than the hot water and steam which was blown into claimant’s eye or by sympathetic conditions .resulting-from the admitted traumatic condition of the right eye caused by glass from 1he bursting gauge being- blown into it, or both. From the testimony of Dr. Hicks, and Dr. Guthrie, it was clearly possible for the condition found to exist in the left eye to be so caused.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bartlett Gasoline Co. v. Hicks

2. ““By the Court: Q. Assuming that the evidence in this case is that the water gauge bursted, blowing glass in the claimant’s right eye, and hot water in the left eye, would it be possible for the condition you find now, in the left eye, to be due to the injury, or sympathetic condition? A. Possibly, yes. Q. There is no evidence? A. No visible signs, but it is possible. By the Court: That is all. By Mr. Gunnells: Q. Now, when you say possible, Doctor, you don’t mean it is probable — you mean it is possible — just what you say? A. Yes, possible.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bartlett Gasoline Co. v. Hicks