The Major Change Established by the Passage of Workers' Compensation

question 19

Multiple Choice

The major change established by the passage of workers' compensation laws was to:

• A) help lawyers obtain more business
• B) substitute the employer's liability without fault for the common law doctrine of negligence
• C) enable the employer to effectively defend itself in a liability suit
• D) bar the employee from recovery for job related injuries

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Definitions:

Causal Attribution Theory

Theory of attribution that identifies the cause of a person’s actions as circumstance, a stimulus, or the person himself or herself.

Circumstance

A condition or fact that affects a situation, event, or action.

Stimulus

Anything that causes a response or change in an organism or any part of an organism.

Stimuli

Refers to anything that evokes a response in an organism or in any of its parts.