McDonald v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Deiss v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · 10 Pa. Commw. 589 - Tollari v. Unempl. Comp. Bd. of Review · 10 Pa. Commw. 199 - Kernisky v. Unempl. Comp. Bd. of Review · Elshinnawy v. Commonwealth · Martin v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
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.
“First, the employee must inform the employer of the health problems . . . Second, the employee must request a transfer to work which is suitable in light of the health problems . . . Third, the employee must offer ‘competent testimony that at the time of termination, adequate health reasons existed to justify termination.’ (Emphasis deleted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An employee shall be ineligible for compensation for any week— (b)(1) In which his unemployment is due to voluntarily leaving work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature....”
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.