Ward v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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

1. “An agent, servant or employee within the meaning of this statute is ordinarily one for whose conduct the employer would, aside from the Workmen’s Compensation Act, be legally responsible under the doctrine of respondeat superior- The injured claimant may thus be entitled to recover in a third-party action even though the defendant would be regarded as the employer’s agent for some purposes. An important consideration in such cases is whether the employer had that right to control the physical details as to manner of performance which is characteristic of the relationship of master and servant. [Citation omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Long v. Turner

2. “The employees of a subscriber ... shall have no right of action against their employer or against any agent, servant, or employee of said employer for damages for personal injuries,... but such employees ... shall look for compensation solely to the association.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moore v. Means