Justice JOHNSON, joined by Justice MEDINA, dissenting. The workers’ compensation system is bottomed on a voluntary trade. Employers provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage in exchange for statutory immunity from suit by employees injured on the job. Employees accept workers’ compensation insurance coverage in exchange for releasing their common law rights to sue the employer for injuries on the job. I…
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