The Interaction of Workers’ Compensation and Comparative Negligence – Conflicts, Alternatives, and Compromise

Date

1984

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Focuses on the need for and development of both workers' compensation and comparative negligence principles, the conflicts created by the interaction of the two principles, and various jurisdictions' approaches to these conflicts. The authors then suggest a proposal that will keep both doctrines intact and resolve conflicts that arise when an employee, employer, and third party are involved in a single products liability cause of action.

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Keywords

Worker compensation, Comparative negligence, Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, Injury, Liability, Comparative fault

Citation

15 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 735