Benoist Elevator Co., Inc. v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “The commission is in the same position as a jury, which might have brought in a verdict for either the plaintiff or the defendant, and where the jury has enough evidence to justify its findings the court affirms the case. In workmen's compensation cases there may be substantial evidence to justify the commission in allowing the claim in toto or there may be substantial evidence to find a partial disability ... and the commission may have been justified in either finding. In workmen's compensation cases, the Workmen's Compensation Commission is the finder of facts, and if those facts are based on substantial credible evidence, the Supreme Court lacks power to disturb them, even though the evidence would not convince the court were the court the fact finder.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 733 So. 2d 285 - Lucas v. Angelica Uniform Group

2. “In this case the circuit court reversed the commission because in its opinion the claimant had proved by a preponderance of the evidence that he was entitled to compensation. This is not the test. The question is whether the order of the commission was supported by substantial evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 733 So. 2d 285 - Lucas v. Angelica Uniform Group

3. “[w]e think that the test is whether or not the decision of the commission is supported by substantial evidence, and that if so the decision by the commission should be upheld.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 733 So. 2d 285 - Lucas v. Angelica Uniform Group