Hendricks v. Pickens County’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under our Worker’s Compensation Act, a claimant may proceed under § 42-9-10 or § 42-9-20 to prove a general disability; alternatively, he or she may proceed under § 42-9-30 to prove a loss, or loss of use of, a member, organ, or part of the body for which specific awards are listed in the statute. It is well-settled that an award under the general disability statutes must be predicated upon a showing of a loss of earning capacity, whereas an award under the scheduled loss statute does not require such a showing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nettles v. Spartanburg School District 7

2. “The appellate court's review is limited to deciding whether the commission's decision is unsupported by substantial evidence or is controlled by some error of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Avant v. Willowglen Academy

3. “On appeal from the Workers' Compensation Commission, this court may reverse where the decision is affected by an error of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Avant v. Willowglen Academy