Fairfield Engineering Co. v. Winger Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1980
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Iowa Power and Light Co. v. Abild Construction 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is undisputed that at the time of the accident the four injured men were employees of Winger and covered by the Iowa Workmen’s Compensation Act. The plaintiffs are, therefore, entitled to recover against Winger only in indemnity, and then only if they prove there was a separate duty owed them by the employer, Winger.””
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.