Runft v. Saif Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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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. “"operates generally for the benefits of claimants. It relieves claimants of the burden of proving the degree to which, if any, exposure to disease causing substances at a particular employer actually caused the disease. The claimant is required to prove only that the disease was caused by employment-related exposure; the claimant is not required to prove that exposure at a particular employer's workplace caused the disease. Whether employment at any one workplace was the actual cause of the disease is irrelevant under the rule." Runft v. SAIF, supra, 303 Or. at 500 , 739 P.2d 12 . (Citations omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 133 Or. App. 297 - Silveira v. Larch Enterprises

2. “and claimant must prove that his employment in Oregon was the major contributing cause of his disease. [1] Claimant assigns error to the Board's treatment of his out-of-state employment. He argues that the last injurious exposure rule relieves him of the burden of proving that any specific employment or exposure caused his disease. In order to establish an occupational disease, claimant must show that his condition arose”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 133 Or. App. 297 - Silveira v. Larch Enterprises

3. “[i]t is more economical arbitrarily to assign full responsibility to the last employer than to attempt to apportion accurately responsibility according to causation. In addition, by assigning responsibility to an employer who can be identified without a determination of causation, the claimant is better protected from the risk of filing claims against the wrong employer. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 117 Wash. 2d 128 - Weyerhaeuser Company v. Tri