Lake v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
53 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kentucky Fried Chicken of Altoona, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Frumento v. UNEMP. COMP. BD. OF REV. · Frumento v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Roach v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · 41 Pa. Commw. 292 - Gane v. Commonwealth
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For behavior .to constitute willful misconduct, it must evidence (1) wanton and willful disregard of employer’s interest (2) deliberate violations of employer’s’ rules (3) disregard of standards of behavior which an employer can rightfully expect from his employee or (4) negligence which manifests culpability, wrongful intent, evil design or intentional substantial disregard of the employer’s interests or the employee’s duties and obligations.”
4 later decisions 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.