Pratt v. Seis-Tech Exploration Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pinkston v. Rice Motor Co. · Hanna v. Edward Gray Corporation · Workman v. Johnson Bros. Construction Co. · Pence v. Centex Construction Co. · Geurian v. Kansas City Power & Light Co.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . Compensation shall not be paid in case of coronary or coronary artery disease or cerebrovascular injury unless it is shown that the exertion of the work necessary to precipitate the disability was more than the workman’s usual work in the course of the workman’s regular employment.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.