Arthur v. McConnell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"... `wages' means average weekly wage at the time of the accident. The average weekly wage shall be determined as follows: (a) If the employee is paid on an hourly basis, his hourly wage rate multiplied by the average actual hours worked in the four full weeks preceding the date of the injury or forty hours, whichever is greater," (Emphasis added)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 392 So. 2d 722 - Green v. Provencal Tie Mill

2. ““Our appellate courts have consistently held that an injured worker may be deemed totally and permanently disabled within the meaning of the compensation statute if he is unable to perform the ordinary duties of his trade or occupation without enduring substantial pain. * * * ” ( 286 So.2d at 502 — Emphasis supplied)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reeves v. Russo

3. “arbitrary, capricious, and without probable cause,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 424 So. 2d 1161 - Patin v. Continental Cas. Co.