Costanzo v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1984
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barrett v. Otis Elevator Co. · Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Jones & Langhlin Steel Corp. · Imperial Food Products v. Tomarelli · Locastro v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Consequently, the failure to exercise that discretion does not constitute reversible error where, as here, the referee chose to base his decision on the testimony of one of the medical witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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