Legal Opinion
Burk v. Montana Power Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 8, 1927No. 6,069PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Our contention is that plaintiff and defendant are in this case bound by the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act for three reasons: (a) The employment is not unlawful, and (b) assuming it to be unlawful, plaintiff has acquiesced in it and accepted the benefits both of medical and hospital treatment as well as the regular monthly payments of compensation in the amounts prescribed by the Compensation Law; (c) Our Compensation Law provides a remedy which is all-inclusive in personal injury actions growing out of the relation of master and servant.
To evade the provisions of this Act, not…
2Cases cited95 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- United States v. REESESupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- A. B. Small Co. v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- H. Earl Clack Co. v. Public Service CommissionMontana Supreme Court · 1933
- Matter of McCabeMontana Supreme Court · 1975
- Jarvella v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1935
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