Gorbach v. Prager, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hill v. J.B. Beaird Corporation · Harris v. Southern Carbon Co. · 116 So. 2d 144 - Circello v. Haas & Haynie Corp. · York v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Co. · Hargrave v. Travelers Insurance 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * [W]e firmly believe that this workman was injured by great physical effort or strain on a number of occasions, causing the ruptured disc to block completely his nerve sac, preventing him from working. The intent of the Compensation Act must surely be to cover an injury resulting from several traumas as well as one.' (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.