v. Blachly, 305 Or 578, 581, 753 P2d 955 (1988). The workers’ compensation scheme involves a quid pro quo, in which the employer gives up the right to defend against certain actions involving workplace injuries, while receiving the benefit of a limit on potential damages. Conversely, the employee is compensated for injuries regardless of whether the employer would be liable in tort, while giving up the right to pursue other statutory or common-law remedies. See Shoemaker v. Johnson, 241 Or 511, 518-19, 407 P2d 257 (1965) (discussing “the present-day needs of society [to] provid[e] a means whereby an employee was guaranteed a monetary recovery” but spared certain costs and risks associated with litigation). But see Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc., 332 Or 83, 23 P3d 333 (2001) (<HOLDING>). The exceptions to the exclusive remedy rule
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