Garfield County v. Best’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Injury by heat stroke is considered as arising out of the employment, within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, where it is sustained by reason of the employee’s being placed, by the nature of his work, in a position or under circumstances subjecting him to a greater risk of such injury than other people in the same vicinity who are not engaged in such work.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. B & W Truck Service v. Cline · Happel v. Bell

2. ““We think the evidence above detailed shows that respondent sustained his heat stroke by reason of having been placed by nature of his work in the position or under circumstances subjecting him to a greater risk of heat stroke than other people in the same vicinity who are not engaged in such work and brings the case within the rule announced in the above case. See, also, Vukovich v. Industrial Commission, 76 Ariz. 187 , 261 P.2d 1000 , and cases therein cited.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Virgil Graham Construction Company v. Nelson