The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
OF WORKMEN'S
 COMPENSATION ACT

Old fellow servant law wiped
 off the books.
 Contributory negligence on part
 of employe only partly relieves
 Defense of assumed rest (oyer-
 thrown.)
 Burden of proof of contribu-
 tory negligence is put on employ
 CT.
 Tn case death or total inca
 papacity, employer shall pay
 workman or dependents 60 per-
 cent. of the wage the injured
 workman was getting, this to con-
 tinue until the children have
 reached the age of 18 years or
 as long as the widow remains
 unmarried.
 Payments shall not be over $1O
 and not less than $5 a week.
 If employer and emplOye en-
 ter into an insurance agreement
 approved by the state insurance
 commissioner, the employer shall
 not be liable under the law pro-
 vided the benefits under the in-
 surance plan are equal to those
 under the compensation act.
 Two to ten surgeons to be ap-
 pointed in each county to make
 examinations in accident eases.
 Court may accept terms of set
 tlement arranged out of court.
 Special from United Press.)
 Hartford, July 12-An act concern ing employers, liability and workmen's s was favorably reported to the General Assembly and tabled for calendar and printing, yesterday Part A of the act sets aside the old common law defenses of contributory negligence and assumed risk which were considered unfavorable to injur- ed workmen Part B deals with workmen's compensation, providing as follows:
 "(A)-If the injury results Ain death within the period of one year from the date of the accident, there shall be paid in addition to the other pay ments hereinafter provided for the expenses of medical and surgical attendance and funeral ex- penses not exceeding in all two hum dred dollars.
 "B)-In case the workman leaves a widow Or a widower or children under eighteen years of age or next of kin wholly dependent up- on him a weekly payment shall be made in amount equal to sixty per cent of the average weekly earnings of the deceased in the course of the year previous to the injury and no case more than ten dollars a week or less than five dollars week. Said payments to continue until all said children have attained the age of eighteen years and as long as said widow Or widower remains unmar- ried.
 .sIn case the injuries result in total ncapacity for work at his employ nent or some other suitable employ nent a weekly payment shall be made in amount equal to 50 percentum of he average weekly earning of the injured in the course of the year pre- pious to the injury and in no case more than ten dollars week or less han five dollars week during the of such incapacity.
 .In case the injury results in par ial incipacity for work at his said or some other suitable payment equal to six V percentum of the diminution of he injured workman's earning ca ,acity payable as above provided
 .sIn no case shall any weekly pay nents as above provided for, be con- inued for more than eight years, subject to section 15.
 "Section 15-Where weekly compen- ation is being paid under order or judgment of the court. to Or for the )onoHC OI IH0 pSISOlI IllyuT0Q ana the Iegree of disability resulting from he injury has increased or diminish d, such weekly payment may be in- reased or diminished on application O the court which ordered the pay nents.'
 The act provides that the Governor hall on or before Dec. l. 1911. and very four years thereafter appoint lot less than two or more than ten tob Q ears experience for each county in he State and resident in such coun- V to hold office for four years and ny one of the parties to any proceed ng to enforce it's provisions. Iniur- d employees must submit themselves or examination by. one of the sur cons on request of the defendant in he suit. The sums do for compen-