McCarthy'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 refusing to award compensation to Ellen McCarthy, the dependent widow of Dennis C. McCarthy; late of Boston, who was employed as a helper on a wagon of Rueter and Company, Incorporated, for the death of the employee from tuberculosis on February 2, 1915, alleged to have resulted from an injury received by him on September…
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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 refusing to award compensation to Ellen McCarthy, the dependent widow of Dennis C. McCarthy; late of Boston, who was employed as a helper on a wagon of Rueter and Company, Incorporated, for the death of the employee from tuberculosis on February 2, 1915, alleged to have resulted from an injury received by him on September 14, 1914, which aggravated and accelerated the disease. The case was heard by McLaughlin, J. It appeared by the •report…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
It has been decided repeatedly that the decisions of the Industrial Accident Board upon questions of fact stand upon the same footing as the verdict of a jury or the finding of a judge and are not subject to review. The only question in that connection is whether there is any evidence to support the decision. Pigeon’s Case, 216 Mass. 51. Moran’s Case, 230 Mass. 500. Knight’s Case, ante, 142.
The crucial question in the case at bar was, whether any causal connection was shown between the disease known as acute miliary tuberculosis, which resulted fatally to the employee on February…
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