Gray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In a workmen’s compensation case, the claimant must establish that the injury for which compensation is sought arose out of and in the course of the employment. § 48-101, R.R.S. 1943. The term “in the course of” refers to the time, place, and circumstances of the accident. [Citations omitted.] “The course of employment requirement tests work-connection as to time, place and activity; that is, it demands that the injury be shown to have arisen within the time and space boundaries of the employment, and in the course of an activity whose purpose is related to the employment.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Meyer v. First United Methodist Church · Badgett v. St. Joseph Hospital

2. “(1) [t]héy occur on the premises during a lunch or recreation period as a regular incident of the employment; or (2) [t]he employer, by expressly or impliedly requiring participation, or by making the activity part of the services of an employee, brings the activity within the orbit of the employment; or (3) [t]he employer derives substantial direct benefit from the activity beyond the intangible value of improvement in employee health and morale that is common to all kinds of recreation and social life.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 Neb. Ct. App. 730 - Shade v. Ayars & Ayars, Inc. · Shade v. Ayars & Ayars, Inc.