Dawson v. Associated Electric’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2009
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lawson v. Emerson Electric Co. · Prater v. Thorngate, Ltd. · Skinner v. Dawson Metal Products · Jones v. Jefferson City School District · Estes v. Noranda Aluminum, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“an identifiable disease arising with or without human fault out of and in the course of the employment. Ordinary diseases of life to which the general public is exposed outside of the employment shall not be compensable, except where the diseases follow as an incident of an occupational disease as defined in this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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