Tips: prior to workers compensation lawas, define the laws that employers had on their side if a worker sued them?

for negligence resulting in an occupational death or injury?

Please help, thanks

sir_jell_o
You should probably do your own homework, but I'll see if I can help you anyway.

The big two are probably:
- contributory negligence
- assumption of risk

Under the law prior to comparative negligence, any contributory negligence was an absolute bar to recovery. Assumption of risk was also a complete bar.

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