31 N.J. Super. 588 - Colbert v. Consolidated Laundry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 12 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * Why construe narrowly a statute which courts construe liberally? A less liberal rule applied to claims arising under our Workmen’s Compensation Act would do violence to the beneficent purpose intended to be effectuated by the act. Liberality of construction of the Workmen’s Compensation Act has been firmly established and runs consistently through our cases on the subject.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hohn v. Alaska Industrial Board · Durant v. Butler Brothers

2. ““* * * [I]t is our considered opinion that these cases [New Jersey cases discussed by the court] do not preclude the award of medical expenses legitimately undertaken to decrease an increase in disability resulting from the condition caused by the injury even where a prior final award of partial permanent compensation has been made.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Durant v. Butler Brothers

3. “the circumstances are so peculiar as shall justify, in the opinion of the workmen's compensation bureau, the expenditure assumed by the employee for such physicians' treatment and hospital services, apparatus and appliances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 58 N.J. Super. 166 - Bisonic v. Halsey Packard, Inc.