Topic: the workers' compensation act is a humanitarian measure whi… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 13 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 City of Waycross v. Holmes.

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1 City of Waycross v. Holmes Anchor
ga · 2000
green “the workers' compensation act is a humanitarian measure which should be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.” 7
2 Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah v. Stevens
ga · 2004
green “independent and distinct criteria” 4
3 Freeman v. Southwire Co.
gactapp · 2004
green “applied an erroneous theory of law to the facts, we apply a de novo standard of review.” 2

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