174 W. Va. 649 - McDonald v. Rutledge’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 1997
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 166 W. Va. 675 - Kisamore v. Rutledge · 171 W. Va. 164 - Gibson v. Rutledge
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.
““For purposes of determining eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits, a recurring injury of a severity that physically prevents the worker from completing his assigned tasks is a compelling reason to leave work.””
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.