The Scope of Workmen's Compensation in the United States

Willard C. Fisher

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1915, vol. 30, issue 1, 22-63

Abstract: The ideal not reached in present American laws, 22. — Limitation to accidental injuries, 23. — "Arising out of and in the course of" employment, 29. — "In the course of " employment, 35. — Accident, injury, and disability distinguished, 38. — Faults of employers and employees, 39. — Causation, partial, sole, proximate, 43. — Results in personal injury, 46. — Compensation without disability, 48. — Death, 50. — Non-fatal injuries, disability, 53. — Waiting periods, 54. — Development and test of disability, 59. — Conclusion, 61.

Date: 1915
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