McCambridge v. McGuire’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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an injury which occurs without an unexpected event as the result of activity undertaken in the performance of ordinary employment duties, considered in view of the particular employment in question, is not an accidental injury”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kelly v. DiNapoli

2. “sudden, fortuitous mischance, unexpected, out of the ordinary, and injurious in impact.” Lichtenstein v. Board of Trustees, 57 N.Y.2d 1010, 1012 , 457 N.Y.S.2d 472 , 443 N.E.2d 946 (1982). Recognizing that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rosenthal v. Board of Trustees of New York City Police Pension Fund

3. “injuries sustained while performing routine duties but not resulting from unexpected events,” are not accidents, while injuries sustained by”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rosenthal v. Board of Trustees of New York City Police Pension Fund