Valdez v. McKee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““12. — After the accidental injury to Plaintiff on May 14, 1968, the Defendants made provisions for adequate surgical, hospital and medical facilities and attention for such injuries, and the Plaintiff did not make any request to or demand upon either of the Defendants to furnish additional medical, surgical, and hospital services after October 3, 1968.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gregory v. Eastern New Mexico University

2. “[W]e have held that the “installments” [compensation benefits] to which the statute refers do not include the workman’s medical benefits . . . [citations omitted]. It was not the intention of the legislature to make the medical benefits subject to the limitations of § 59-10-13.5, N.M.S.A.1953 [now § 52-1-30, supra].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Minnerup v. Stewart Bros. Drilling Co.

3. ““ * * * It is plain that where the employer has made provision for adequate medical services, he ‘shall be under no obligation to furnish additional surgical, medical or hospital services or medicine than those so provided.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gregory v. Eastern New Mexico University