Pierson v. Van Marter

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• Article III, Section 18 “preclude^] the enactment of general legislation covering injuries other than those arising in the course of employment.”
• injuries caused by medical treatment administered at the direction of the carrier are not the type of injuries for which the carrier should be immune from liability
• injuries caused by medical treatment administered at the direction of the carrier are not the type of injuries for which the carrier should be immune from liability
• \medical treatment of injuries is a separate and distinct function of the insurance carrier which does not concern the employer and is not part of the employer's business operations\
• employer acting in a dual capacity may be liable to employee for injury in the workplace
• insurance carrier liable to employee for negligent medical treatment directed and controlled by the carrier

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).