Steffy v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(b)(1) In which his unemployment is due to voluntarily leaving work without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature . . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Donaldson v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Steffy v. COM. UNEM. COMP. BD. OF REVIEW

2. “a claimant must: ‘(1) offer competent testimony that at the time of her termination adequate health reasons existed to justify termination; (2) inform the employer of the health problem; and (3) specifically request the employer to transfer her to a more suitable position.’ (Emphasis added.) McQuiston v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 37 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 250, 253 , 390 A.2d 317, 318 (1978). The Claimant’s failure to meet any one of those three conditions will bar her claim for unemployment compensation benefits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. Commonwealth

3. “[H]e failed to offer any competent medical evidence to prove that he was physically unable to perform the assigned job. The only evidence to this effect was his own and we have previously held that such evidence is insufficient to establish the existence of adequate health reasons for termination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steffy v. COM. UNEM. COMP. BD. OF REVIEW