The Workmen's Compensation Law Journal, Volume 2William Otis Badger C.C. Hine's Sons Company, 1918 - Courts |
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Page 34
... EVIDENCE . In a workmen's compensation case , evidence held to support finding that employee's second injury , while exercising his leg by walking under direction of his surgeon , arose from a condition produced by his first injury ...
... EVIDENCE . In a workmen's compensation case , evidence held to support finding that employee's second injury , while exercising his leg by walking under direction of his surgeon , arose from a condition produced by his first injury ...
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... evidence which must be satisfying to any one that the condition did arise from the condition produced by the original accident . This evidence consists of declarations of the deceased to the effect that his crutch slipped and that he ...
... evidence which must be satisfying to any one that the condition did arise from the condition produced by the original accident . This evidence consists of declarations of the deceased to the effect that his crutch slipped and that he ...
Page 37
... evidence is not sufficient to sustain the finding upon this point . But Dr. Gibbon may be said , in the language of the Supreme Court in Santa v . Industrial Accident Commission , 165 Pac . 689 , to have been " giving what on the facts ...
... evidence is not sufficient to sustain the finding upon this point . But Dr. Gibbon may be said , in the language of the Supreme Court in Santa v . Industrial Accident Commission , 165 Pac . 689 , to have been " giving what on the facts ...
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... evidence that the injury which the plaintiff received was of comparatively little importance and from which he would normally have recovered without any serious con- sequences , but that by reason of his own acts in failing , neglect ...
... evidence that the injury which the plaintiff received was of comparatively little importance and from which he would normally have recovered without any serious con- sequences , but that by reason of his own acts in failing , neglect ...
Page 67
... evidence every material allegation of his petition . Moreover , we are not disposed to attach importance to the language of the instruction for the reason that an examination of the record satisfies us that there was no substantial ...
... evidence every material allegation of his petition . Moreover , we are not disposed to attach importance to the language of the instruction for the reason that an examination of the record satisfies us that there was no substantial ...
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Page 716 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Page 812 - Act to' recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 738 - Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee...
Page 719 - Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited, but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it THE POLICE POWER OF THE STATES affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment.
Page 302 - Where the injury for which compensation is payable under this Act was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the employer...
Page 478 - Columbia and any of the states or territories and any foreign nation or nations shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or in case of the death of such employee to his or her personal representative...
Page 837 - When a given state of facts is such that reasonable men may fairly differ upon the question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter is for the jury.
Page 883 - Under this test, if the injury can be seen to have followed as a natural incident of the work, and to have been contemplated by a reasonable person familiar with the whole situation as a result of the exposure occasioned by the nature of the employment, then it arises 'out of the employment.
Page 208 - willfully," when applied to the intent with which an act is done or omitted, implies simply a purpose or willingness to commit the act, or make the omission referred to. It does not require any intent to violate law, or to injure another, or to acquire any advantage; 2. The words "neglect," "negligence," "negligent,
Page 358 - That any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this act, shall to that extent be void...