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Workmen's Compensation-Injuries Arising Out Of Employment Dec 1930

Workmen's Compensation-Injuries Arising Out Of Employment

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Recent Important Decisions May 1929

Recent Important Decisions

Michigan Law Review

A collection of recent important court decisions.


Insurance-Liability Of Insurance Company For Negligence In Exercising Its Option To Settle Or Defend Dec 1925

Insurance-Liability Of Insurance Company For Negligence In Exercising Its Option To Settle Or Defend

Michigan Law Review

In a recent New Hampshire case, the plaintiff had insured with defendant company against liability for personal injuries to plaintiff's employees not exceeding $5,000.00. The policy under the title of "Service" provided that defendant would investigate all claims and settle them "according to the law". The defendant insurer also agreed to defend such suits as might be brought against plaintiff because of such injuries. One of plaintiff's employees was injured and though he offered to settle for $1,300.00, the defendant refused the offer. Thereupon the employee sued and recovered $13,500.00 in an action defended by defendant company according to their …


Workmen's Compensation Acts--Nature Of Action Thereunder A Propos The Extraterritoriality Question Feb 1923

Workmen's Compensation Acts--Nature Of Action Thereunder A Propos The Extraterritoriality Question

Michigan Law Review

The nature of the right and duty created by Workmen's Compensation Acts has been the subject of considerable discussion by courts and writers, but still defies settlement. The United States district court in Kansas was called upon to decide this question in a recent case involving the application of the Kansas statute of limitations. The court held that an action under the Workmen's Compensation Act was not one entitling the plaintiff to claim the longer period which applied to "an action upon contract, express or implied." Davidson v. Payne, 281 Fed. 544. There is nothing in the nature or …


Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review Apr 1922

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Admiralty - Workmen's Compensation - Is a Hydroplane a Vessel? - Claimant was employed in the care and management of a hydroplane which was moored in navigable waters. The hydroplane began to drag anchor and drift toward the beach, where it was in danger of being wrecked. Claimant waded into the water and was struck by the propeller. Held, claimant is not entitled to compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Law, since a hydroplane while on navigable waters is a vessel, and therefore the jurisdiction of the admiralty excludes that of the State Industrial Commission. Reinhardt v. Newport Flying Service Corp. …