Legal Opinion
Maltais v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 5, 1944No. 3489PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarble, C. J.
The plaintiff assumed the burden of proving that the decedent’s death was caused by a non-occupational accident or, in other words, by an accident which did not arise out of and in the course of his employment within the meaning of that phrase as used in the policies. Raymond v. Company, 86 N. H. 93; Trepanier v. Insurance Co., 88 N. H. 118, 121. The phrase is common to many workmen’s compensation statutes including our own act (R. L., c. 216).
The policies were obviously designed to afford a workman protec tion (with certain exceptions not here material) in the event of an injury for which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Mascika v. Connecticut Tool & Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
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