Baird v. Spradlin’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “[t]he Workmen's Compensation Act creates rights, remedies and procedures all its own.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 497 So. 2d 120 - Mattison v. Kirk · 602 So. 2d 354 - Carbon Hill Mfg., Inc. v. Moore

2. “"The question presented by this appeal is: Can a widow and sole dependent of a workman who died as a result of injuries received on the job, maintain a derivative action to recover damages from the date of her husband's injury until the date of his death? In answering this question, we must interpret Alabama's Workmen's Compensation scheme, the survivability of actions and the right of a spouse to recover compensatory damages when a covered employee dies as a result of injuries received during the course of his employment."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 497 So. 2d 120 - Mattison v. Kirk

3. “"The rights and remedies herein granted to an employee shall exclude all other rights and remedies of said employee, his personal representative, parent, dependents or next of kin, at common law, by statute or otherwise on account of said injury, loss of services or death." (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 497 So. 2d 120 - Mattison v. Kirk