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JOLD COMPENSATION 1)1 K 1N
JIREI) WOHKMEX FOll
WIIK'U EMPLOYERS
HAVE PAID.
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That tile workmen under the pro
’ ions of the Cleary Bill, Semite Bill
. >. 135, does not receive the treat
ont to which he is entitled and
’ hich he now receives from the
.-late Department of Labor and In
. ustries is conclusively shown having
.milar provisions, and is also shown
v the contact this Department lias
, ith the casualty companies.
There have been several invesii
; it ions, both Federal and State, and
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Manufacturer of
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in every instance the outstanding
l'act brought to light lias been the
loss to the injured workman because
of under-payment.
New York reports a loss to the in
jurod workmen between 15)15 and
15)19 of $5,700,000 through inexcus
able underpayments. The average
underpayment made by the casualty
companies was $343. per case.
The Federal Government finds
that S 6 </i of casualty company
awards are appealed in Washing
ton out of 32,600 cases adjudicated
in 1922 only 29 were appealed, less
than 1-10 of 1 per cent. The experi
ence of the Department with casu
alty companies clearly demonstrates
this tendency to reduce to the low
est point the workman’s award.
'1 he law provides that where a
workman is injured by a third party
he may bring suit or he may take
under the Industrial Insurance A or.,
provided he assigns his claim against
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Dit third party to the state for the
be.elit of the Accident Fund.
.n more than 90 per cent of third
party injuries the workman assigns
his case to the state feeling that the
stale could be more sucessful in ef
fecting a settlement with the third
party than the workman. ,
Claims numbered 223,244 and
21:2,47 2 now in process of adjust
ment for third party injuries will ii
lust rate how the casualty companies
use every effort to avoid meeting
their obligations when the injured
workman is concern'd.
In claim No. 223244 the workman
was a watchman for the Spokane
United Railways standing in the
street w th a red lantern i il had
just turned the swiUh for a street
car and stepped bat!: from i fr: *
of the car when he was run down by
a fuck man. Investigation showed
that the truckman was enCio > .t
fault as this man’s red lantern was
showing and there was no question
as to the responsibility for the ac
cident. The workman, being aged
and without funds, assigned the
chiim to the department, electing
to take under the lawr, and leaving
the department to settle with the
casualty company. This man was
so seriously injured that the report
of the special medical examiner
show's, “Certainly the disability will
be considerable, probably one-ha’.f
of the disability presenjt from the
loss of a leg above the knee,” s0 that
the total time loss and disabilitv
of this man amounts to $1,014.1.'*
exciusive of medical aid, as the
workman was under medical a;o
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