Before workers compensation laws were instituted, the fellow servant rule was used as a defense. This common law principle said that if a worker was hurt because of another worker’s negligence, the coworker was to blame instead of the employer.
The Rantings of the barely human.
Before workers compensation laws were instituted, the fellow servant rule was used as a defense. This common law principle said that if a worker was hurt because of another worker’s negligence, the coworker was to blame instead of the employer.