 | 1908 - 760 pages
...1906: "The fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar recovery but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in...proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe," provided contributory negligence is not to be considered at all against the employe where... | |
 | William Lamartine Snyder - 1906 - 654 pages
...that the employee may have been iguilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery Tvhere his contributory negligence was slight and that of...employer was gross in comparison, but the damages phall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee.... | |
 | 1906 - 802 pages
...an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar...recovery where his contributory negligence was slight in comparison to that of the employer. SEC. 'A. That no contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1906 - 150 pages
..." slight," insert the words " and that of the employer was gross." It would make that read then, " Where his contributory negligence was slight, and that of the employer was gross in comparison." On page 2, line 7, after the word " comparison," strike out the rest of that line and insert in lien... | |
 | 1906 - 960 pages
...longer exist, as the Federal Employers' Liability act provides "that the fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery where his contributor' negligence was slight and that of the employer gross in comparison." Arrogant, prejudiced... | |
 | Joseph Harding Underwood - 1907 - 238 pages
...to an employe, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar...proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe." There are indications of the establishment of some claim to employment. If so, this would... | |
 | United States - 1907 - 1664 pages
...tu » i ployee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery where hirf contributory negligence was slight and that of the...shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amourrt of negligence attributable to ^ 8UCb- employee. All questions of negligence and contributory... | |
 | West Virginia Bar Association - 1907 - 208 pages
...shall not be a bar to recovery where the negligence is gross, and the contributory negligence is slight but the "damages shall be diminished by the jury in...amount of negligence attributable to such employee," and further that "all questions of negligence and contributory negligence shall be for the jury"; (3)... | |
 | 1907 - 396 pages
...his death, ihe fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall nol • a recovery where his contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer *-i£ gross ш comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the Jury in pro;• rtion to the... | |
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Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by... 
