Johanson v. Cudahy Packing Co.

Preliminary to setting forth my reasons for disagreeing with the decision of the court, let it be said that the result reached in the prevailing opinion accords with my views of what the law in the premises should be. From the standpoint of a legislator I can see no good reason why a third party wrongdoer should be able to point to the fact that a person injured by him was awarded compensation for the disability occasioned thereby, as a reason, under any set of circumstances, why he should not respond in full to such workman for the damage done. The law, in my opinion, should but protect him…