Commonwealth v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on John C. Richardson v. Walsh Construction Company, Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., Henry J. Kaiser Company and Perini Corporation · Scott & Statesman Insurance v. DeAngelis · 155 Pa. Super. 224 - Thomas v. Bache · Seeley v. Galeton Lumber Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he employer and employe . . . may agree upon the compensation payable to the employe ... under this act; but any agreement . . . permitting a commutation of payments contrary to the provisions of this act, or varying the amount to be paid or the period during which compensation shall be payable as provided in this act, shall be wholly null and void.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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