Legal Opinion

More's Case

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 28, 1975Published

1Opinion of the Court

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the evidence supported the finding of average weekly wage as defined by G. L. c. 152, § 1(1). We hold that there was no error in the decree entered in the Superior Court in accordance with the decision of the reviewing board. The amount of the average *716weekly wage of an employee is a question of fact. Weir’s Case, 252 Mass. 236, 238 (1925). Testimony (including that of the claimant and fellow employee engaged in the same kind of work) supportive of the board’s finding of an average weekly wage of $125 (see Galloway’s Case, 354 Mass. 427, 431…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Laskowski v. ManningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  2. Galloway's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
  3. Weir's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  4. Morris's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
  5. Cummings's CaseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1974

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