Perkins v. Scott’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. “Mr. Scott argues that he is entitled to workers’ compensation immunity based either on his status as a coemployee, or on a theory that he is entitled to pierce his corporation’s veil and receive its workers’ compensation immunity [same as here]. We reject both arguments.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 124 Wash. 2d 435 - Evans v. Thompson · Williams v. Reed

2. “If Mr. Scott has in fact retained duties, as the owner of the building, separate and distinct from his duties as an employee of S & S Pro Color, fellow-employee immunity provides no protection for negligent breaches of those duties. . . . . . . Having created a separate corporation to employ Mr. Perkins and having leased the building to that corporation, Mr. Scott does not have the luxury to now pierce the veil of his own corporation to receive the benefit of its immunity. ... If Mr. Scott were sued by a third party who had been injured by an employee of S & S Pro Color in the scope and course of the employee’s employment, it is clear that Mr. Scott would raise the corporate veil to protect his individual assets. Mr. Scott is not free to raise the corporate veil to block liability and yet lower it to receive immunity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 124 Wash. 2d 435 - Evans v. Thompson