150 N.C. App. 480 - Ruffin v. Compass Group USA’s Empirical Analysis

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15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “.... 9.... [T]he greater weight of the evidence presented ... indicates that the discussion was a routine, problem-solving meeting in which everyone was treated courteously and with respect. Plaintiff was not verbally attacked, reprimanded or severely criticized. Nothing in this meeting was different from other meetings to discuss performance evaluations.... 10. At the meeting plaintiff's supervisors encouraged plaintiff to be less adversarial... [and] to develop cooperative relationships and to establish rapport with the industry in order to facilitate compliance.... .... 20.... [P]laintiff's account of the meeting on July 24, 1997 ... was not an accurate representation of what actually occurred at the meeting. The Commission gives greater weight to the testimony of ... the four [other] individuals present [at the meeting.] 21. The Commission finds that the greater weight of the competent, credible evidence of record shows that the events of July 24, 1997 did not constitute an unexpected, unusual or untoward occurrence, nor did the meeting constitute an interruption of the work routine and the introduction thereby of unusual conditions likely to result in unexpected consequences. The meeting to discuss plaintiff's job performance evaluation was requested by plaintiff and was an ordinary incident of employment. Prior to the meeting, plaintiff knew who would be present at the meeting.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Pitillo v. N.C. Department of Environmental Health & Natural Resources · Pitillo v. NC DEPT. OF ENV. HEALTH

2. “When a pre-existing, nondisabling, non-job-related condition is aggravated or accelerated by an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of employment or by an occupational disease so that disability results, then the employer must compensate the employee for the entire resulting disability even though it would not have disabled a normal person to that extent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 618 - Goforth v. K-Mart Corp.

3. “the [ ] Commission [must be able] to determine when, within a reasonable period, the specific injury occurred. The evidence must show that there was some event that caused the injury, not a gradual deterioration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Byrd v. Lowe's Home Ctrs., Inc.