Sheridan v. DiGiorgio’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““ ‘[T]he purpose of Workmen’s Compensation Statutes such as the one herein involved is not only to provide for employees “a remedy which is both expeditious and independent of proof of fault, but also for employers a liability which is limited and determinate.” To permit contribution against the United States would not be in keeping with this purpose, inasmuch as the liability of the employer, the United States in this case, would cease to be limited and determinate.’ ” Id. at 423 ,-of 225 F.Supp. (Emphasis in original). “A third-party action cannot be used as a vehicle to circumvent the statutory intent of limiting the Government’s liability to the amount scheduled under FECA. If the rule were otherwise, the Government’s immunity would be illusory, evaporating the instant that another wrongdoer could be found and brought in as a defendant. Thus, the United States would be forced to pay an amount in excess of its statutory obligation to the injured employee, albeit indirectly through a third-party plaintiff.” 372 F.Supp. at 1376 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lockhart v. Heede International, Inc.