 | 1921 - 1852 pages
...NC 51. When an injury results from an event taking place without one's foresight or expectation or an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not anticipated, the sufferer is without legal remedy.— Id. (Pa.1913) There is no liability for damage... | |
 | William Richard Schneider - 1922 - 1048 pages
...might have lived, but it is enough that the industry brought about this man's death. An accident is an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of known cause, and therefore not expected. * * * It is our view that compensation is a charge against... | |
 | 1922 - 1410 pages
...SW 544. m2. Injuries resulting from events taking place without one's foresight or expectation, or an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected, must be borne by the unfortunate sufferer. Robinson v. Melville Mfg. Co. 52 LRA (NS) 386, 165 N. С.... | |
 | 1898 - 1020 pages
...In lnsurance Co. v. Burroughs, 69 Pa. St. 43, 51, the court said that an accident is "an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency," — and held that a strain of the abdominal mrtscles, produced by pitching hay, which caused an inflammation... | |
 | 1899 - 546 pages
...injured. Supreme Council Order of Chosen Friends v. Garrigus,104 Ind. 133, S XE Rep. 818. 'An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...effect of a known cause, and, therefore, not expected.' Schneider v. Insurance Co., 24 Wis. 30. 'An accident is the happening of an event without the aid and... | |
 | Maurice G. Roberts - 1929 - 1160 pages
...in proviso defined. The term "casualty," found in the proviso of section 3 has been denned as an act which proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause.40 The phrase 'act of God' has generally been defined as something which occurs exclusively by... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1930 - 976 pages
...Delano, 246 Fed. 107. 22. Casualty and unavoidable accident defined; generally. — Casualty is an act which proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause. While some authorities hold that unavoidable accident is synonymous with " act of God," the better... | |
 | 1917 - 934 pages
...decided majority of the courts stated as follows : 'Accident denotes an event that takes place without foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds...therefore not expected ; chance, casualty, contingency ; an event happening without human agency, or, if happening through human agency, an event which under... | |
 | 1883 - 964 pages
...it cannot be else than the second. What is an accident ? Webster defines it to be : " An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation;...unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause; chance, casualty, contingency." Again accidental is defined to mean " happening by chance and not in... | |
 | 1918 - 730 pages
..."An event that takes place without one's expectation." "An undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event." "An event which proceeds from an unknown cause or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore unexpected." It will be noted that sunstroke, freezing, and hydrophobia are treated in the same paragraph... | |
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an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency. 
