workmen's compensation acts

workmen's compensation acts
Statutes which provide for the payment of compensation to an employee injured in his employment or, in case of his death, to his dependents, eliminating common-law defenses such as assumption of risk, contributory negligence, and negligence of fellow servant and provide a system for the determination of the amount of compensation to be paid. 58 Am J1st Workm Cornp § 2.

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