SUMMARY
This chapter provides an overview of the history and development of workers’ compensation laws and litigation in Oregon. PDF Download - After purchase go to My Content to retrieve your digital file(s).
DESCRIPTION
Chapter 1
HISTORY OF OREGON’S WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW
Bruce D. Smith
§ 1.1 INTRODUCTION
§ 1.2 ASSUMPTION OF RISK/FELLOW SERVANTS
§ 1.2-1 Obvious Hazard and the Assumption-of-Risk Doctrine
§ 1.2-2 The Fellow-Servant Doctrine
§ 1.3 WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION LAW CASES
§ 1.3-1 Constitutional Challenges to Oregon’s Law
§ 1.3-2 Constitutional Challenges to Other States’ Laws
§ 1.3-3 More Early Oregon Workmen’s Compensation Cases
§ 1.4 CHANGING TIMES
§ 1.4-1 Post-World War II and the Changing Workforce
§ 1.4-2 The Modern Era in Oregon Workers’ Compensation
§ 1.4-3 The Long Tail of Mahonia Hall
§ 1.4-4 Independent Contractor Defined
§ 1.4-5 Exclusive-Remedy Provision of Workers’ Compensation Law
§ 1.4-6 Jurisdiction over Medical-Services Disputes
§ 1.4-7 Recent Trends
§ 1.4-8 Rating of Permanent Impairment
§ 1.4-9 The Gig Economy, Remote Work, and the Unknowable Future
§ 1.5 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
§ 1.5-1 General Sources
§ 1.5-2 Oregon-Specific Sources