Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Deyle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “was still an employee on the date of his injury. He was “on the clock” when the accident occurred. While his normal job description may not have involved meetings with the Mayor or his staff regarding his employment status, there can be little doubt that continuation of his 26 year career was fundamentally within the concept of “course of employment” and the accident therefore “arose out of’ that employment. There is no formula for determination of questions whether an accident arises out of and in the course of employment. Such adjudications must occur on the specific facts of each case. The evidence as a whole preponderates in favor of [Cords].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cords v. City of Lincoln

2. ““All acts reasonably necessary or incident to the performance of the work, including such matters of personal convenience and comfort, not in conflict with specific instructions, as an employee may normally be expected to indulge in, under the conditions of his work, are regarded as being within the scope or sphere of the employment. ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cords v. City of Lincoln