Perilloux v. Brown & Root, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the instant case we find the evidence supports the finding that the claimant was injured by a series of small strains and sprains of her back over a relatively short and clearly definable period of time. There is a definite point in time at which the claimant's job description changed and the injuries began which is sufficient to constitute the occurrence of an identifiable, work related event within the meaning of the statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 905 So. 2d 1107 - Bordelon v. Cox Communications · 742 So. 2d 760 - Sears v. Berg Inc.

2. “an unexpected or unforeseen actual, identifiable, precipitous event happening suddenly or violently, with or without human fault, and directly producing at the time objective findings of an injury which is more than simply a gradual deterioration or progressive degeneration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 742 So. 2d 760 - Sears v. Berg Inc.

3. “secondary to repetitive trauma on the job.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 742 So. 2d 941 - Smith v. Ventura Foods