Certain v. Equitable Equipment Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently April 2003
15 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 365 So. 2d 1285 - Olsen v. Shell Oil Co. · 441 So. 2d 192 - Lewis v. Exxon Corp. · Barnes v. Sun Oil Co. · Wilton Jones Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. · State ex rel. Bell v. Dees
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The rights and remedies herein granted to an employee or his dependent on account of an injury, or compensable sickness or disease for which he is entitled to compensation under this Chapter, shall be exclusive of all other rights and remedies of such employee, his personal representatives, dependents, or relations, against his employer, or any principal or any officer, director, stockholder, partner or employee of such employer or principal, for said injury, or compensable sickness or disease...."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“1) Focus on the scope of the contract work. Is it specialized; then as a matter of law it is not part of the principal's trade, business or occupation OR non-specialized; if non-specialized then: 2) Compare the principal's trade, business or occupation and the contract work to see if the latter can be considered a part of the principal's trade business or occupation. (a) Is the contract work routine and customary, regular and predictable, general maintenance and repair work; (b) Is the principal capable of performing the contract work, i.e. does he have the equipment and or manpower; (c) What is the practice in the industry relative to the contract work; 3) Determine if the principal is engaged in the work at the time of the alleged accident.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“... Furthermore, although defendants and Prestressed may be lessor and lessee, they are additionally principal and contractor because defendants have undertaken to perform part of their trade or business of constructing bridges by contracting with their lessee to fabricate and deliver essential construction components.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.