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... Injuries covered .. XVIII . Medical and surgical aid . VI . Defenses abrogated under elective acts ... VII . Extent ... Injuries arising out of and in the course of employment .. What are accidental injuries ... XVI . Contractors ...
... Injuries covered .. XVIII . Medical and surgical aid . VI . Defenses abrogated under elective acts ... VII . Extent ... Injuries arising out of and in the course of employment .. What are accidental injuries ... XVI . Contractors ...
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... injured person , will get a broader view of the law when later he is relieved from a liability suit with full ... injury , and receives compensation promptly without controversy . Throughout the inquiry it was found that employers ...
... injured person , will get a broader view of the law when later he is relieved from a liability suit with full ... injury , and receives compensation promptly without controversy . Throughout the inquiry it was found that employers ...
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... injured work- man for an injury due to no fault or neglect of law upon the part of the employer was " a taking of property without due process of law . " The court held that a statute could properly remove the defense of contributory ...
... injured work- man for an injury due to no fault or neglect of law upon the part of the employer was " a taking of property without due process of law . " The court held that a statute could properly remove the defense of contributory ...
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... injured through their own fault . Whatever differences of opinion were presented to the commission by employers as to the wisdom or advantage of a compulsory act , there was no difference among the workmen on this question . Their ...
... injured through their own fault . Whatever differences of opinion were presented to the commission by employers as to the wisdom or advantage of a compulsory act , there was no difference among the workmen on this question . Their ...
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... injury in one industry and not for a similar injury in another industry not only leads to confu- sion but breeds a ... INJURIES COVERED . What injuries ought to be 26 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION . Employments covered.
... injury in one industry and not for a similar injury in another industry not only leads to confu- sion but breeds a ... INJURIES COVERED . What injuries ought to be 26 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION . Employments covered.
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Page 103 - In all other cases questions of dependency, in whole or in part, shall be determined in accordance with the fact, as the fact may be at the time of the injury...
Page 27 - ... where the injury is occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to bring about the injury or death of himself or of another, or where the injury results solely from the intoxication of the injured employee while on duty...
Page 128 - All persons may be joined as defendants against whom the right to any relief is alleged to exist, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative; and judgment may be given against such one or more of the defendants as may be found to be liable according to their respective liabilities, without any amendment.
Page 129 - ... served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving the service of such notice it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed and registered.
Page 86 - Loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or of any two thereof shall, in the absence of conclusive proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability.
Page 85 - The loss of the first phalange ,of the thumb, or of any finger, shall, be considered to be equal to the loss of one-half of such thumb, or finger...
Page 87 - That in no case shall the amount received for more than one finger exceed the amount provided in this schedule for the loss of a hand...
Page 120 - By § 50, each employer is required to secure compensation to his employees in one of the following ways: (1) by insuring and keeping insured the payment of such compensation in the state fund...
Page 83 - Permanent partial disability means the loss of either one foot, one leg, one hand, one arm, one eye, one or more fingers, one or more toes, any dislocation where ligaments are severed, or any other injury Known in surgery to be permanent partial disability.
Page 106 - A child or children under the age of eighteen years (or over said age, but physically or mentally incapacitated from earning), upon the parent with whom he...