Smith v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lord v. Commonwealth · 597 F. Supp. 217 - Rothery Storage & Van Co. v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc. · Gunther v. Commonwealth · Coastal Tank Lines, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board · Republic Steel Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The filing of a petition to terminate ... a notice of compensation payable . . . shall operate as a supersedeas, and shall suspend the payment of compensation . . . only when such petition alleges that the employee has returned to work at his prior or increased earnings or where the petition alleges that the employee has fully recovered and is accompanied by an affidavit of a physician on a form prescribed by the department to that effect. . . . (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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