Atkins v. Webcon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[I]n light of the record as a whole' means that the adequacy of the evidence in the record before the court to support a particular finding of fact shall be judged in light of all the relevant evidence in the record cited by any party that detracts from such finding as well as all of the relevant evidence in the record ... cited by any party that supports such finding, including any determinations of veracity by the presiding officer who personally observed the demeanor of the witness and the agency's explanation of why the relevant evidence in the record supports its material findings of fact. In reviewing evidence in light of the record as a whole, the court shall not reweigh the evidence or engage in de novo review.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Estate of Graber v. Dillon Companies · Harsay v. University of Kansas

2. “' "The two phrases arising 'out of' and 'in the course of' employment, as used in our Workers Compensation Act ... have separate and distinct meanings; they are conjunctive, and each condition must exist before compensation is allowable. The phrase 'out of' employment points to the cause or origin of the worker's accident and requires some causal connection between the accidental injury and the employment. An injury arises 'out of' employment when there is apparent to the rational mind, upon consideration of all the circumstances, a causal connection between the conditions under which the work is required to be performed and the resulting injury. Thus, an injury arises 'out of' employment if it arises out of the nature, conditions, obligations, and incidents of the employment. The phrase 'in the course of' employment relates to the time, place, and circumstances under which the accident occurred and means the injury happened while the worker was at work in the employer's service.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Estate of Graber v. Dillon Companies

3. “" ' "Substantial competent evidence possesses both relevance and substance and provides a substantial basis of fact from which the issues can be reasonably determined." ' In re Equalization Appeal of Wagner , 304 Kan. 587 , 599, 372 P.3d 1226 (2016) ; see Kotnour v. City of Overland Park , 43 Kan. App. 2d 833 , 837, 233 P.3d 299 (2010) ('Although [ K.S.A. 77-621 ] does not define the term "substantial evidence," case law has long stated that it is such evidence as a reasonable person might accept as being sufficient to support a conclusion.')." Atkins v. Webcon , 308 Kan. 92 , 96, 419 P.3d 1 (2018).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Estate of Graber v. Dillon Companies