Fowler v. Boise Cascade Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is only where the contract on its face by its very terms clearly and unequivocally reflects a mutual intention on the part of the parties to provide indemnity for loss caused by negligence of the party to be indemnified that liability for such damages will be fastened on the indemnitor, and words of general import will not be read as expressing such an intent and establishing by inference such liability.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Boise Cascade Corp. v. Reliance National Indemnity Co.

2. “when an insurance procurement clause will result in an employer's liability for its employees injury, beyond the liability provided for in [the Workers' Compensation] Act, the Court must read the insurance clause strictly, permitting a waiver only upon explicit language.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fowler v. Boise Cascade Corp.

3. “An employer who has secured the payment of compensation in conformity [with certain Compensation provisions] is exempt from civil actions ... involving personal injuries sustained by an employee arising out of and in the course of his employment....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fowler v. Boise Cascade Corp.