Ward School Bus Manufacturing, Inc. v. Fowler

I thoroughly agree with the majority opinion, but I feel constrained to point out that there is a very definite reason why the dissenting judge’s construction of Amendment 26 is both wrong and unacceptable.

The author of that opinion takes one definition of the word “forum,” incorporates it into the Amendment, and thereby makes of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission something that it is not, i.e., a court, entirely overlooking the fact that “forum” has a different meaning, i.e., a tribunal, a place where a remedy is sought. A court or judicial tribunal is a forum, but a forum is not…