Herrick'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. The case was heard by Crocby, J., who made a decree that Caroline Herrick, a daughter of George Herrick, the deceased employee, was entitled to $4 a week for three hundred weeks from March 7, 1913, the date of the injury that caused his death. The insurer appealed.
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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. The case was heard by Crocby, J., who made a decree that Caroline Herrick, a daughter of George Herrick, the deceased employee, was entitled to $4 a week for three hundred weeks from March 7, 1913, the date of the injury that caused his death. The insurer appealed. The findings and decisions of the Industrial Accident Board contained the following: Caroline Herrick, a daughter of the deceased, testified before the Industrial Accident…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
Under the provisions of St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 7, the question whether Caroline Herrick was dependent wholly, partly, or at all, upon her deceased father for support, was a question of fact. There are many decisions to this effect in analogous cases. Houlihan v. Connecticut River Railroad, 164 Mass. 555. American Legion of Honor v. Perry, 140 Mass. 580, 590. McCarthy v. New England Order of Protection, 153 Mass. 314. Daly v. New Jersey Steel & Iron Co. 155 Mass. 1, 5. Mulhall v. Fallon, 176 Mass. 266. Welch v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 176 Mass. 393, 401. Boyle v.…
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