Plummer v. Donald M. Drake Co.

The principal question in this case is upon the constitutionality of the section of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of this state, ORS 656.154, which prescribes the conditions under which a workman subject to the act, who suffers an injury due to the negligence or wrong of a third person not in the same employ, may seek redress against such third person. This section, with some modifications, has been a part of the compensation law since its enactment in 1913 (Oregon Laws 1913, ch 112, § 12). Its constitutional validity was once before questioned, but on a different ground than that taken by…