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Full-Text Articles in Workers' Compensation Law
Book Review, Richard E. Hendricks
Book Review, Richard E. Hendricks
Cleveland State Law Review
Reviewing Neil Carter, Guide to Workmen's Compensation Claims: The Anatomy of the Claims Function, Roberts Publishing Corp., 1965
Horseplay By Employees, Michael Kaye
Horseplay By Employees, Michael Kaye
Cleveland State Law Review
The trend of authority is strongly in favor of eliminating the aggressor defense from Workmen's Compensation law. The instigator, like the victim or participant in horseplay, is now likely to be compensated for his injuries resulting from sportive acts. This is looked on by the law as a reasonable consequence of the natural conditions of employment rather than as a deviation. "Horseplay" is the colloquial term referring to sportive and playful acts often used legalistically to describe the conduct of employees who skylark or prank, doing injury to themselves or to others. Sportive conduct includes assaults with or without an …
Workmen's Compensation For Suicide After Traumatic Injury, Paul Mitrovich
Workmen's Compensation For Suicide After Traumatic Injury, Paul Mitrovich
Cleveland State Law Review
Since the institution of the Workmen's Compensation Acts, courts have recognized that in some instances compensation statutes cover suicide. However, these situations are few, and must meet a rigid set of tests before a court will award compensation to the decedent's family or survivors.