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Workmen's Compensation - Injuries Arising Out Of And In The Course Of Employment - Employer Furnishing Transportation And Employee Carrying Work To Do At Home As Exceptions To Coming And Going Rule, James W. Beatty S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Decedent, a member of the Public Service Commission, was fatally injured in an accident while traveling between his place of employment and his home. He was driving an automobile furnished by the state, which bore the expenses of maintenance and operation. Decedent had with him certain files to work on at his home, his custom being to devote a part of each weekend to matters connected with his employment. Plaintiff as widow brought an action for death benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act. The Workmen's Compensation Commission entered an award for the plaintiff. On appeal by the state, held, …

Workmen's Compensation—Course Of Employment, Morton Mendelsohn

Buffalo Law Review

Penzara v. Maffia Bros., 307 N. Y. 218, 120 N. E. 2d 796 (1954); Congdon v. Klett, 307 N. Y. 15, 119 N. E. 2d 570 (1954); Perry v. Town of Cherry Valley, 307 N. Y. 427, 121 N. E. 2d 402 (1954).

Workmen's Compensation—Computation Of Award: Actual Earnings, Morton Mendelsohn

Buffalo Law Review

Croce v. Ford Motor Co., 307 N. Y. 125, 120 N. E. 2d 527 (1954).

Workmen's Compensation—Intermittent Employment, Morton Mendelsohn

Buffalo Law Review

Russomanno v. Leon Decorating Co., 306 N. Y. 521, 119 N. E. 2d 367 (1954).

Workmen's Compensation—Aggravation Of Injuries, Morton Mendelsohn

Buffalo Law Review

Sullivan v. B & A Const., Inc., 307 N. Y. 161, 120 N. E. 2d 694 (1954).

Workmen's Compensation—Contribution By Prior Employers, Morton Mendelsohn

Buffalo Law Review

Meszaros v. Goldman, Braunstein v. General Marine Repair, 307 N. Y. 296, 121 N. E. 2d 232 (1954).

Labor Law And Workmen's Compensation -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Paul H. Sanders, James G. Bowman Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Labor Law is best defined, perhaps, as that body of law which is directed toward, and peculiar to, the various incidents of the employer-employee relationship, whether viewed individually or collectively.' In this sense it includes all laws, such as those on workmen's compensation, wages and hours and unemployment insurance, setting forth the rights and limitations of the individual employee as against the employer (directly or indirectly), as well as those concerned with union organizational activity and collective bargaining.

Restitution -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade

Vanderbilt Law Review

The title, Restitution, is a comparatively new one. Over a period of many years there grew up separately a number of distinct legal and equitable remedies--quasi-contract, constructive trust, equitable lien, reformation, rescission and others. Only recently has it been perceived that a pervading general principle underlies all of these remedies--the principle that "a person who has been unjustly enriched at the expense of another is required to make restitution to the other." Now that these several types of relief are being classed together it is more generally realized that their composite whole involves a very broad field of the law. …

Workmen's Compensation, Jack Ruegg

Washington Law Review

Covers cases on a wife's loss of consortium under destruction of common law remedies, on the limitation of the time to file a claim related to a doctor's duty to inform an injured worker of his rights, and on the immunity provision of an employer that has no employees and the right to subscribe to benefits.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

A Commentary on Recent Case Law --By Subject:

Constitutional Law--Due Process--Use in State Prosecution of Evidence obtained by Illegal Invasion of Privacy

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Constitutional Law--Unlawful Search and Seizure--Admissibility of Evidence for Impeachment Purposes

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Evidence--Radar Evidence of Speed--Coincidence of Radar and Speedometer Readings as Hearsay

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Federal Courts--State NonResident Motorist Statute--Waiver of Federal Venue Privilege

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Federal Jurisdiction--Diversity of Citizenship--Retroactive Effect of Amendments to Perfect Jurisdiction

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Income Taxation--Deductions--Periodic Alimony Payments

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Labor Law--Preemptive Effect of Taft-Hartley--Scope of State Jurisdiction

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Torts--Dog Bite--Owner's Scienter

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Workmen's Compensation--Accident Arising out of Employment--Pre-Existing Heart Disease

Personal Injury Actions And Immunities Under The Workmen's Compensation Act, Hugh Mcgough

Washington Law Review

The purpose of this article is to examine the extent to which the personal injury action can now be utilized to recover damages for injuries connected with employment in the State of Washington. The first inquiry will be into the scope of the Workmen's Compensation Act; the second into actions reserved or created by the act.

Workmen's Compensation--Effect Of Transfer Of Business Without Notice, Dianne Mckaig Walden

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Workmen's Compensation--What Are "Principal Contractors"?, P. Joan Skaggs

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Workmen's Compensation - Injuries At Home Arising Out Of And In The Course Of Employment, Arthur M. Wisehart S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff was employed as defendant's bookkeeper. With the consent of the employer, she had done all of the bookkeeping at home for several years. As she was about to start her work one night, plaintiff discovered that her husband's oily rifle was lying on the couch where she usually sat. In picking up the rifle to move it to its proper place in the closet, plaintiff accidentally fired the gun, causing an injury which resulted in the amputation of her left thumb. The lower court decided that the injury was one arising out of and in the course of plaintiff's …