State v. Okafor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n injury is in the course of employment when it occurs during the period of employment at a place where the employee reasonably may be in performance of his or her duties and while fulfilling those duties or engaged in something incident thereto.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 Md. App. 628 - Schwan Food Co. v. Frederick · 228 Md. App. 579 - Prince George's County v. Proctor

2. “employees are responsible for ensuring their presence at work, and during the commute, they generally face the same hazards as other commuters. Thus, the risks are not usually 'directly attributable to a person's particular employment.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 Md. App. 628 - Schwan Food Co. v. Frederick

3. “the entire sphere and period of employment may be considered and also whether the employee has placed himself outside his employment, and if so, how far. This is a fact-specific inquiry.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 Md. App. 628 - Schwan Food Co. v. Frederick