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Workmen's Compensation In Washington—Truly Liability Without Fault, E. B. Mcgovern
Workmen's Compensation In Washington—Truly Liability Without Fault, E. B. Mcgovern
Washington Law Review
The turn of the century witnessed the commencement of a great movement, in the United States, of social and economic legislative reform. In their obedience to the people's will, state legislatures bent to the task of eliminating what were then, and still are, viewed as evils too long existent. It was in the field of labor-capital relations that our legislatures early found matter for profound consideration. European nations, following enactment of the first compensation law in Germany in 1884, had emphasized one social and economic evil—the unfortunate plight of the workingman, injured in the course of his employment, who had …
The Twilight Zone—A New Theory Of Compensation For Maritime Workers, Frank C. Latcham
The Twilight Zone—A New Theory Of Compensation For Maritime Workers, Frank C. Latcham
Washington Law Review
Petitioner's husband, a structural steel worker, was drowned in the Snohomish river while employed by an engineering company engaged in dismantling a drawbridge which spanned the river. The company was a contributor to the Workmen's Compensation Fund of the State of Washington. A part of the task was to cut steel from the bridge and move it about 250 feet away for storage. The steel when cut from the bridge was lowered to a barge by derrick, and when loaded, the barge was to be towed by a tug, hauled by cable, or, if the current made it necessary, both …
The Washington Workmen's Compensation Act From The Employers' Viewpoint, Lowell P. Mickelwait
The Washington Workmen's Compensation Act From The Employers' Viewpoint, Lowell P. Mickelwait
Washington Law Review
Although this state has had a workmen's compensation act since 1911, the employers generally have, until recently, paid but slight attention to the administration of the act. They have proceeded on the theory that the accident experience of the particular employer had little or no relation to the amount of contributions required to be made by that employer under the act. The situation is very different today. Every well-advised employer now realizes that, in the long run, his industrial insurance premiums will tend to approximate the cost of the accidents occurring in his own plant. By the maintenance of high …
Procedure To Secure Benefits Under The Workmen's Compensation Act, John Geisness
Procedure To Secure Benefits Under The Workmen's Compensation Act, John Geisness
Washington Law Review
The Workmen's Compensation Act establishes funds for the payment of benefits to workmen injured in certain industries, and to their widows and children in the event of death. It also defines a procedure for the assertion of the right to such benefits. Under that procedure, the Department of Labor and Industries is vested with original jurisdiction over all claims. The courts are strictly limited to review of questions already passed upon by the Department unless the Department is acting outside of the jurisdiction conferred upon it. The legislature itself may not override the statutory procedure and appropriate money from one …