Griffin v. Doss’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Ijnjuries sustained by the workman while he is provided with transportation when going to or returning from his work are considered as arising out of his employment when such transportation ... has ripened into a custom to the extent that it is incidental to and part of the contract of employment, or when it is with the knowledge and acquiescence of the employer, or when it is the result of a continued practice in the course of the employer’s business, and which practice is beneficial to both the employer and employee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reece v. Neal Chevrolet & Universal Underwriters Insurance

2. “When, as here, the activity is not expressly provided in the employment agreement, a determination is then made whether the injury arose from something that had by custom, practice or otherwise become an incident of the employment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kansas City, Missouri Police Department v. Bradshaw