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← 61 PACOMMW 34 - Greenwald v. Commonwealth

Greenwald v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1985
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on American Refrigerator Equipment Co. v. Commonwealth · Halaski v. Hilton Hotel · Hershey Estates v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board · Westmoreland Casualty Co. v. Commonwealth

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “whether the injured eye was lost for all practical intents and purposes, not whether claimant in fact has vision in the injured eye. If so, compensation follows. In facilitation of the application of the ultimate test, a further standard has been adopted: Compensation may not be had if, using both eyes, the claimant can see better, in general, than by using the uninjured eye alone ... or, as otherwise stated, there may be compensation if the use of the injured eye does not contribute materially to the claimant’s vision in conjunction with the use of the normal eye....”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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