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Twelve Injured Men: Why Injured Jurors Should Not Receive Workers' Compensation Coverage From The Courts, Corey Baron
Twelve Injured Men: Why Injured Jurors Should Not Receive Workers' Compensation Coverage From The Courts, Corey Baron
St. John's Law Review
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This Note argues that the legislature should add a provision to New York’s Workers’ Compensation Act that expressly precludes jurors from coverage. Such a provision would comport with the policy underlying the statute, the statute’s structure, and the statute’s language. Moreover, that legislative provision would prevent the court from wasting the considerable time and expense of grappling with other courts’ inconsistent interpretations of workers’ compensation statutes and their underlying policies. First, Part I of this Note provides an overview of the workers’ compensation law and explores the policies underlying the advent of workers’ compensation statutes. Then, Part II surveys …
1977 Workmen's Compensation Legislation, Stanley James Brainerd
1977 Workmen's Compensation Legislation, Stanley James Brainerd
Florida State University Law Review
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Workmen's Compensation Legislative Trends Throughout The Country, Alfred A. Porro Jr.
Workmen's Compensation Legislative Trends Throughout The Country, Alfred A. Porro Jr.
Cleveland State Law Review
Any attempt to comprehensively analyze the voluminous and detailed Workmen's Compensation and Industrial Employee legislation throughout the United States awakens one to the vast scope of ourmindustrial society. The magnitude of progress in this field dominates all other considerations of this survey, designed to show what aspects of these laws are in the throes of legislative revision, with emphasis on advances in vocational rehabilitation, coverage of public employees, and expansion of occupational disease classifications. This survey encompasses not only legislative revisions, repeals and amendments proposed or pending before State lawmakers, but attempts a preview of future activity.