Johnson v. Ralls’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “"Therefore, I would affirm the trial court on the basis that a personal representative of a deceased employee who is covered under the Workmen's Compensation Act cannot maintain an action under our Homicide Statute against his employer for the employee's wrongful death. "In death damage cases against employers, our Workmen's Compensation Act is exclusive. . . . This rule is followed in several other states having acts similar to ours. "Appellant contends that in death cases where there are no dependents, the next of kin of a deceased employee are left without a remedy. Under our statutes, this is presently true, but the wisdom of allowing the personal representative of a deceased employee who leaves no dependents to maintain a wrongful death action against the deceased employee's employer *Page 15 is for the Legislature, not for this Court." [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 361 So. 2d 13 - Holliday v. CT Thackston Sand & Gravel Co.