Erie Castings Company v. Grinding Supply Inc’s Empirical Analysis
736 F.2d 99 · 1984
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Aloe Coal Company v. Clark Equipment Co (1987), Janikowski v. Bendix Corp. (1987)
12 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 state decisions
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
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 933
Relies on Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co. · Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation v. Caterpillar Tractor Company · Maio v. Fahs · Heckendorn v. Consolidated Rail Corp. · 247 Pa. Super. 366 - Hefferin v. Stempkowski
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We do not regard the cause of action asserted here to be one which ... an employer would be "free to maintain." It is not a primary cause of action which an employer has directly in its own right; rather it seeks damages directly related to the compensation payments made pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act. While the employer is not directly suing to recover on its employee's rights, it is pursuing a cause of action arising out of its obligation established by law for the benefit of the employee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where the compensable injury is caused in whole or in part by the act or omission of a third party, the employer shall be subrogated to the right of employee,... against such third party to the extent of the compensation payable under this article by the employer; ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.