Bath Iron Works Corp. v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
599 F.3d 47 · 2010
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 904 · 33 U.S.C. § 920 · 33 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries · Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co.
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.
“—a presumption “[t]hat the claim comes within the provisions of [the Act],” LHWCA § 20(a), 33 U.S.C. § 920 (a) (the “section 20(a) presumption”), and —a presumption, already noted, “[t]hat the injury was not occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to injure or kill himself or another,” LHWCA § 20(d), 33 U.S.C. § 920 (d) (the “section 20(d) presumption”).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“At the first stage, the claimant must make out a prima facie case by showing (1) that he suffered physical harm and (2) that a workplace accident or workplace conditions could have caused, aggravated, or accelerated the harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.