Seitz v. L & R INDUSTRIES, INC., ETC.

KELLEHER, Justice, with whom BEVI-LACQUA, Chief Justice, joins,

dissenting.

Although my brother Weisberger has addressed the issue presented by the litigants in his usual scholarly fashion, I cannot subscribe to his rejection of Beulah’s petition because the rejection apparently overlooks the purposes of workers’ compensation, ignores past legislative actions as well as judicial pronouncements, and is motivated by an opening-the-floodgates fear that, in my opinion, is groundless.

An overriding objective of workers’ compensation legislation is to impose upon the employer the burden of caring for…