Ronning v. Industrial Commission

The following opinion was filed November 11, 1924:

Doerfler, J.

In enacting the workmen’s compensation act, the legislature, in place of the master’s liability for damages for negligence to his servant, substituted a uniform compensation to employees who had suffered injury, and a death benefit for dependents. This compensation under the act inured to the benefit of all employees subject to the provisions thereof. This departure, while practically an innovation in this country at the time of its adoption, had been in force for many years in European countries. The principle underlying this act…