How Has Workers' Compensation Legislation Impacted Tort Law

question 29

Multiple Choice

How has Workers' Compensation legislation impacted tort law?

• A) by prohibiting employees from suing the employer for negligence and other torts
• B) by limiting the amount of damages awarded by the courts in tort lawsuits arising from workplace accidents
• C) by transferring an employee's right to sue to the employer
• D) by restricting employee tort claims to past and future income losses

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Definitions:

Termination Clause

A provision in a contract that specifies the conditions under which the contract may be ended before the performance is completed.

Notice of Termination

A documented notice informing an individual or entity of the end of a contract or employment.

Fee Simple

An estate in land that represents the greatest interest in land that a person may possess, and that may be conveyed or passed by will to another, or that on an intestacy would devolve to the person’s heirs.

Conveyance

The act of transferring the title, rights, or interest in a property from one party to another.