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...responsible, nothing in this Act shall affect any civil liability of th« employer, but in that case the workman may, at his option, either claim compensation...were open to him before the commencement of this Act; Tout the employer shall not be liable to pay compensation for injury to a workman by accident arising...

...responsible, nothing in this Act shall affect any civil liability of the employer, but in that case the workman may, at his option, either claim compensation...were open to him before the commencement of this Act; but the employer shall not be liable to pay compensation for injury to a workman by accident arising...

...provision that secures to the workman his old right of action, of the remarkable words ' but in that case the .workman may at his option either claim compensation...the same proceedings as were open to him before the coaimencement of this Act.' " A similar ease came before the King's Bench Division in this country...

...case where the injury had been caused by negligence or wilful act of the employer, the workman might at his option either claim compensation under this...the same proceedings as were open to him before the passing of the Act. That is to say, it appears to me that the policy of the Act was that the workman...

...shall affect any civil liability of the employer, but in that case the workman may, at his option, take the same proceedings as were open to him before the commencement of this Act." The option of the workman, therefore, is to claim compensation under the Act, or to claim damages at...

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