150 W. Va. 648 - Bennett v. Buckner’s Empirical Analysis

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21 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The immunity from liability set out in the preceding section shall extend to every officer, manager, agent, representative or employee of such employer when he is acting in furtherance of the employer's business and does not inflict an injury with deliberate intention.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 159 W. Va. 779 - Eisnaugle v. Booth · 176 W. Va. 108 - Deller v. Naymick

2. “Any employer subject to this chapter who shall subscribe and pay into the workers’ compensation fund the premiums provided by this chapter or who shall elect to make direct payments of compensation as herein provided, shall not be liable to respond in damages at common law or by statute for the injury or death of any employee, however occurring, after so subscribing or electing, and during any period in which such employer shall not be in default in the payment of such premiums or direct payments and shall have complied fully with all other provisions of this chapter. ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Redden v. McClung

3. “By reason of the provisions of Sections 6 and 6a, Article 2, Chapter 23 of Code, 1931, as amended, an employee of a subscriber to the workmen’s compensation fund who negligently injures a fellow employee during the course of their employment is not hable to respond in damages to the injured fellow employee for the personal injuries thus caused him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Redden v. McClung