WORKERS GET LITTLE IN COURT SUITS FOR DAMAGES.
;, In the 11 years from ] 894 to 1906 the employers' liability companies of the United States took in 99,959,076 dols. in premiums from American employers. These companies paid out in the settlement of claims of injured workmen 43,599,498 dols., or 43 per cent.-of the amount' they took in. Of the 43,599, ■■ 498 dols. paid in settlement of such claims, it is safe to say 35 per cent, was expended by the injured workmen in the payment of attorneys' fees and court expenses; so that in the final analysis the injured workmen received less than 30.000,000 dols. out of the 100,000,000 dols. paid "by employers in that period in premiums to liability, companies.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 26, 1 September 1911, Page 18
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120WORKERS GET LITTLE IN COURT SUITS FOR DAMAGES. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 26, 1 September 1911, Page 18
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