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· 4/21/1989

Sienkiewycz v. Dressell

Citations

  • 561 A.2d 415
  • 151 Vt. 421
  • 1989 Vt. LEXIS 53

How courts have described this case

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  • distinction between corporate and noncorporate employees within workers’ compensation law is valid classification for equal protection purposes
  • workers’ compensation law was passed for benefit of employees who were victims of industrial injury to avoid cost, delays, and complications of recovery under old common -law, with its rules relating to such doctrines as contributory negligence and fellow servant negligence

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Judges: Peck, Gibson, Dooley, Barney, Keyser

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