 | Campaign literature - 1906 - 322 pages
...contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee. All questions of negligence and contributory negligence shall be for the jury. Sec. 3. That no contract... | |
 | 1908 - 760 pages
...employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar recovery but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe," provided contributory negligence is not to be considered at all against the employe where... | |
 | 1906 - 960 pages
...contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe. All questions of negligence and contributory negligence shall be for the jury. SEC. 3. That... | |
 | Law - 1907 - 402 pages
...contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee. All questions of negligence and contributory negligence shall be for the jury. " Sec. 3. That no contract... | |
 | Law - 1907 - 548 pages
...contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee. All questions of negligence and contributory negligence shall be for the jury. "Sec. 3. That no contract... | |
 | West Virginia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1907 - 208 pages
...recovery where the negligence is gross, and the contributory negligence is slight but the "damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee," and further that "all questions of negligence and contributory negligence shall be for the jury"; (3)... | |
 | 1907 - 638 pages
...that the doctrine of comparitive negligence is adopted. The statute provides that "the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee." This doctrine is not a part of the common law and is generally considered a dangerous one. While the... | |
 | Joseph Harding Underwood - Possession (Law) - 1907 - 234 pages
...contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe." There are indications of the establishment of some claim to employment. If so, this would... | |
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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... 
