Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “Every employer and every employee, ... shall comply with the provisions of IC 22-3-2 through 22-3-6 respectively to pay and accept compensation for personal injury or death by accident arising out of and in the course of employment, and shall be bound thereby.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eastham v. Whirlpool Corp. · Gayler v. North American Van Lines

2. “The fine line of whether an activity arises out of employment is a question of fact to be determined by the Industrial Board. The Court of Appeals is bound by the Board’s factual determinations. We do not disturb the Board’s finding unless the evidence is undisputed and leads inescapably to a contrary result. In order to reach a contrary conclusion, we may not disregard any reasonable inferences drawn by the Board from the facts that the evidence tends to prove. When reviewing the record, we are required to disregard all evidence which is unfavorable to the findings of the Board and consider only those facts and those reasonable inferences which support such findings. [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gayler v. North American Van Lines

3. “[the issue of physical impairment rests upon medical evidence relating to the loss of bodily function.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown Tire Co. v. Underwriters Adjusting Co.