Jones v. Georgia Casualty Co.

The question involved is not altogether free free from doubt and uncertaint]’’, since the language of section 32 is not free from ambiguity. The provisions of the statute are remedial, and it is expressly designed to prevent industrial accidents, and to provide rights and remedies both to employers and employees under the contingencies of modern industrial conditions. Thus, in carrying out the purpose and intent of the statute, even though it be in derogation of the common law, it will be reasonably construed so as to prevent, if possible, a miscarriage of the purposes and benefits for which…