Walsh'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 compensation to James Walsh, who at the time of his injury was employed as a boiler maker by the Wholley Boiler Works, a corporation. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Morton, J. The facts found by the arbitration committee are stated in the opinion.
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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 compensation to James Walsh, who at the time of his injury was employed as a boiler maker by the Wholley Boiler Works, a corporation. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Morton, J. The facts found by the arbitration committee are stated in the opinion. The Industrial Accident Board upon an application for a review adopted the findings and decision of the arbitration committee and found that there was due to the employee…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The main question here is whether subsequent insanity defeats an employee’s right to compensation under the workmen’s compensation act.
The employee, a boiler maker by trade, was injured on July 1, 1913. In the course of his work as such he had to climb ladders and to work on stagings. The result of the injury was that his right leg was shortened two and one half inches. In the opinion of the physician called by the insurance company (adopted by the *343arbitration committee and the board) that prevented him from doing the work of a boiler maker but it left him “able to perform any ordinary,…
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