Industrial Commission v. Kamrath

In determining rights arising by force and out of the Workmen’s Compensation Law it is well to remember that the duties of the Industrial Commission and its obligation to injured employees and dependents of killed employees are only such duties and obligations as are imposed by statute; that the rights of injured employees and the dependents of killed employees to recover from or participate in the state insurance fund are neither constitutional rights, inherent rights, nor common-law rights, but are wholly statutory; that while the Workmen’s Compensation Law was conceived and developed as a…