Patterson v. GNB Battery, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 549 So. 2d 840 - Rosell v. Esco · 507 So. 2d 825 - Virgil v. American Guar. & Liability Ins. · Lucas v. Ins. Co. of North America · 475 So. 2d 320 - Walton v. Normandy Village Homes Ass'n, Inc. · 364 So. 2d 998 - Cadiere v. West Gibson Products Co., Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“In order for the employee to recover it must be determined that his employment somehow caused or contributed to his disability, but it is not necessary that the exact cause be found. Lubom v. L.J. Earnest Inc., 579 So.2d 1174 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1991); Patterson v. GNB Battery, Inc., 569 So.2d 640 (La.App. 2d Cir.1990), writ denied, 573 So.2d 1134 (La.1991).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“leaves the question open to speculation or conjecture,”
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.