Boyle v. Breme’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[b]ecause of the lack of control exerted by the employer over the medical and patient-treating aspects of a house physician’s work, the independence ascribed to the medical profession, and the degree of skill, care and judgment associated with the practice of medicine, the house physician, when treating other employees, cannot be viewed simply as a servant in a master-servant relationship. [Id. at 574, 461 A.2d 1164 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Hawksby v. DePietro

2. “The relationship between an employer and a company physician differs substantially from other employer-employee relationships to which the doctrine of master/servant would apply. Rather than directing and supervising the doctor's work, the employer lacks control over the medical, patient-treating aspects of its house physician's work.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Millison v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

3. “Employees who are professionals owe a special duty to abide not only by federal and state law, but also by the recognized codes of ethics of their professions. That duty may oblige them to decline to perform acts required by their employers. [ Pierce v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 84 N.J. 58 (1980).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Millison v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.