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Duringthemiddleofthe19thcentury,51.Germany,alongwithotherEuropeannations,sufferedfromworkplacedeathsandaccidentsasaresultofgrowingindustrialization.52.DriveninpartbyChristianloveforthehelplessaswellasapracticalpoliticalimpulsetoundercutthesupportofthesocialistlabormovement,ChancellorBismarckcreatedtheworld'sfirstworkers'compensationlaw in1884.
By1908,theUnitedStateswastheonlyindustrialnationintheworldthatlackedworkers'compensationinsurance.America'sinjuredworkerscouldsuefordamagesinacourtoflaw,buttheystillfacedanumberoflegalbarriers.53.Forexample,employeeshadtoprovethattheirinjuriesdirectlyresultedfromemployernegligenceandthattheythemselveswereignorantaboutpotentialdangersintheworkplace.Thefirststateworkers'compensationlawinthiscountrypassedin1911,andtheprogramsoonspreadthroughoutthenation.
AfterWorldWarII,benefitpaymentstoAmericanworkersdidnotkeepupwiththecostofliving.
In1970,PresidentRichardNixonsetupanationalcommissiontostudytheproblemsofworkers'compensation.Twoyearslater,thecommissionissued19keyrecommendations,includingonethatcalledforincreasingcompensationbenefitlevelsto100percentofthestates'averageweeklywages.
Infact,theaveragecompensationbenefitinAmericahasclimbedfrom55percentofthestates'averageweeklywagesin1972to97percenttoday.54.But,asmoststudiesshow,everyl0percentincreaseincompensationbenefitsresultsina5percentincreaseinthenumbersofworkerswhofileforclaims.55.Andwithsomuchmoremoneyfloatingintheworkers'compensationsystem,it'snotsurprisingthatdoctorsandlawyershavehelpedthemselvestogetalargesliceofthegrowingpie.
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