Legal Opinion

Sylva's Case

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided April 30, 1999No. 97-P-1823PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.

The employee appeals from a decision of the reviewing board of the Department of Industrial Accidents on the insurer’s application for a discontinuance of benefits, in which the reviewing board summarily affirmed a decision of the administrative judge; finding the employee to be partially (rather than totally) incapacitated, with an earning capacity of $175 per *680week. He also claims that the administrative judge erred iii not finding him “in the concurrent service of more than one insured employer” within the meaning of G. L. c. 152, § 1(1).

The undisputed facts are as follows. The employee was…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Young v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  2. Attorney General v. School Committee of EssexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Neff v. Commissioner of the Department of Industrial AccidentsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  4. Scheffler's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  5. Percival's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Triangle Building Center v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Dalbec's CaseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  3. Lowry v. Industrial Com'n of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Eady's CaseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008

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