Wagner v. Grannis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 4 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We think that the policy in some other jurisdictions of denying recovery in such cases to employees of the contractor is based upon considerations of the effect of the workmen’s compensation statutes in those states. Workmen’s compensation systems vary considerably in their applicability and in their procedural aspects, and these variances could induce a different view of the employee’s rights against the owner of the premises upon which he is called to work. However; in Pennsylvania, the courts have refused to restrict the workmen’s compensation law beyond the clear terms of the. statute . . . Third party actions on behalf of injured employees are a well-established procedure in Pennsylvania and are recognized by the statute. 287 F.Supp. at 26 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Munson v. Duval

2. “One who entrusts work to an independent contractor, but who retains the control of any part of the work is subject to liability for physical harm to others for whose safety the employer owes a duty to exercise reasonable care, which is caused by his failure to exercise his control with reasonable care.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Munson v. Duval