Decker v. Brunkow’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hibbing Education Ass'n v. Public Employment Relations Board · Lambertson v. Cincinnati Corp. · Hendrickson v. Minnesota Power & Light Co. · Tolbert v. Gerber Industries, Inc. · Matter of Harhut
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]mended section 604.02... does not apply where the third-party tortfeasor seeks contribution from a negligent employer who is exclusively liable under the workers' compensation law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]hen two or more persons are severally liable, contributions to awards shall be in proportion to the percentage of fault attributable to each ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“person whose fault is 15 percent or less is liable for a percentage of the whole award no greater than four times the percentage of fault.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.