Falcon v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
732 F.2d 827 · 1984
Citation profile
2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably 658 F. Supp. 533 - Bell v. Bowen (1987), 164 F. Supp. 2d 1309 - Borgens Ex Rel. Borgens v. Halter (2001)
2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bloodsworth v. Heckler · Gaultney v. Weinberger · Broz v. Schweiker · Fortenberry v. Harris · Broz v. Heckler
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Worker’s Compensation for the State of Florida found Falcon temporarily totally disabled from April 1979 up to at least November 1980. Generally, “[t]he findings of disability by another agency, although not binding on the Secretary, are entitled to great weight.” Bloodsworth v. Heckler, 703 F.2d 1233, 1241 (11th Cir. 1983). The definitions of disability under Florida’s worker’s compensation law and federal social security law differ. Compare Fla. Stat. Ann. Sec. 440.02(9) (West Supp. 1984) with 20 C.F.R. 404.1505(a)(1983). However, the Florida Supreme Court has interpreted the Florida statute in such a way that the Florida statute operates similarly to the definition under the federal regulations. See Port Everglades Terminal Co. v. Canty, 120 So.2d 596 (Fla. 1960) (establishing variety of factors to consider in making disability determinations and shifting burden to employer only after employee has shown he can do only specially created job); Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph v. Bell, 116 So.2d 617 (Fla. 1959) (providing that ability to compete in job market measured by ability to work in any job with no mention of wage comparison). Because the two disability definitions actually are construed in a like manner, the ALJ erred in not giving great weight to the Florida agency’s finding of temporary total disability and on remand must accord the finding its proper weight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Perez v. Colvin
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.