32 Va. App. 242 - Smith v. Robert W. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 1 Va. App. 435 - Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. v. Reeves · J. A. Foust Coal Co. v. Messer · 4 Va. App. 161 - Bosworth v. 7-Up Distributing Co. · Washington Post v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services · 13 Va. App. 630 - Sentara Leigh Hospital v. Nichols
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The reason for calculating the average weekly wage is to approximate the economic loss suffered by an employee ... when there is a loss of earning capacity because of work-related injury." ... If the claimant suffers a disability as a result of the injury, the commission must compare the claimant's pre-injury average weekly wage to the wage he is able to earn after the injury to determine whether he is entitled to total or partial disability benefits and, if so, at what rate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The reason for calculating the average weekly wage is to approximate the economic loss suffered by an employee ... when there is a loss of earning capacity because of work-related injury.”
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.