Thach v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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

1. “The disqualifying provision of the statute under consideration is that a claimant will be eligible for unemployment insurance unless, “he has left his most recent work voluntarily without cause connected with his work.” We think it is reasonable to say this means that the connection with employment must be one of cause and effect in cases of illness or disability. That is to say,a causal connection between the employment and the illness or disability is required. In the records under consideration there is no connection shown between the illness or disability of the claimants and their work. Mrs. Cawthon underwent a gall bladder operation. Prior to and after the operation she was nervous and unable to sleep during the day. Petitioner Mrs. West, suffered the injury to her wrist while off from work.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Darden v. Stokes

2. ““... Unemployment compensation is not necessarily health insurance. In several states ‘good cause’ for quitting must be attributable to the employer or arise in connection with the work before the employee is said to be taken out of the category of having voluntarily quit. The Tennessee statute contains such a limitation, and the individual is disqualified if he leaves voluntarily without good cause connected with his work under the express terms of T.C.A. § 50-1324, subd. A....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. DePriest v. Bible