Pathfinder Co. v. Industrial Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that employee, who suffered a sudden, severe emotional shock and psychological disability after assisting coemployee whose hand was severed in a machine, could recover under the Compensation Act even though no physical trauma or injury was sustained
• severe emotional shock caused a nervous condition and headaches as well as a temporary total disability
• “The Act is remedial in nature in that it is intended to provide financial protection for the injured worker.”
• “The [Compensation] Act is remedial in nature in that it is intended to provide financial protection for the injured worker.”
• Worker’s Compensation Act provides compensation for “sudden severe emotional shock traceable to a definite time, place, and cause which causes psychological injury or harm”
• “The Act is remedial in nature in that it is intended to provide financial protection for the injured worker.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).