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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 39 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Morocho v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Home Equity Renovations, Inc.).

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Morocho v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Home Equity Renovations, Inc.) Anchor
pacommwct · 2017
green “scope of review is limited to determining whether constitutional rights have been violated, whether an error of law was committed and whether necessary findings of fact are supported by substantial evidence.” 15
2 Craftsmen v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
pacommwct · 2002
green “medical evidence is considered unequivocal if the medical expert, after providing a foundation, testifies that in his medical opinion, he thinks the facts exist.” 9
3 Hawbaker v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
pacommwct · 2017
green “neither the board nor this court may reweigh the evidence or the wcj's credibility determinations.” 7
4 Frankiewicz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Kinder Morgan, Inc.)
pacommwct · 2017
green “with respect to a claim petition, the claimant bears the initial burden of proving that an injury arose in the course of employment and was related thereto.” 5
5 Frankiewicz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Kinder Morgan, Inc.)
pacommwct · 2017
green “generally, if there is no obvious relationship between the disability and the work-related cause, unequivocal medical testimony is required to meet this burden of proof.” 3

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