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Teddy Roosevelt: “The terms of the act are also a hardship in prohibiting payment in cases where the accident is in any way due to the…”

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The terms of the act are also a hardship in prohibiting payment in cases where the accident is in any way due to the negligence of the employee.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt criticizes the act for being a hardship by denying compensation in cases of employee negligence.

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