256 Pa. Super. 321 - Wright v. Engle’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co. · Brodie v. Philadelphia Transportation Co. · Bochar v. J. B. Martin Motors, Inc. · Kemp v. Philadelphia Transportation Co. · Gregorius v. Safeway Steel Scaffolds 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The consideration of loss of earning capacity is not solely the comparative amount of money earned before or after an injury. The true test is whether or not there is a loss of earning power, and of ability to earn money."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The test is not exclusively a comparison of before-and-after figures, but a determination as to whether, because of the injuries, the injured man’s economic horizon has been shortened____ A tortfeasor is not entitled to a reduction in his financial responsibility because, through fortuitous circumstances or unusual application on the part of the injured person, the wages of the injured person following the accident are as high or even higher than they were prior to the accident. Parity of wages may show lack of impairment of earning power if it confirms other physical data that the injured person has completely recovered. Standing alone, however, parity of wages is inconclusive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“there was positive medical testimony that the injured plaintiff had recovered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.