Levangie's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding to Thomas Levangie, the employee, under the circumstances stated in the opinion additional compensation for a period of one hundred weeks on the ground that both legs were permanently incapable of use by reason of his injury.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding to Thomas Levangie, the employee, under the circumstances stated in the opinion additional compensation for a period of one hundred weeks on the ground that both legs were permanently incapable of use by reason of his injury. The case was heard by Fox, J. The proceedings and the essential facts are described in the opinion. The judge made a decree that the insurer should pay to the insured the sum of $1,000 for specific…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
On May 19, 1913, the employee, a carpenter in the employment of Simpson Brothers Corporation, a subscriber, slipped and fell backward from a staging a distance of about fourteen feet, thereby receiving a physical injury which the insurer admits arose out of and in the course of the employment.
The facts present a typical history of a fractured spine caused by an accident. Ever since the accident the legs of the employee have been paralyzed from above the hips down and have been absolutely without sensation or power. From the time of the injury the employee has been practically bedridden and is…
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