Mulhall v. Nashua Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, to determine the amount of compensation due plaintiff under the workmen’s compensation act. Trial by the court. Decree for the plaintiff. The plaintiff was injured, while in the employ of the defendant, on August 8, 1919. The accident arose out of and in the course of the plaintiff’s employment, and was not caused in part or in whole by any serious or wilful misconduct on her part.
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Bill in Equity, to determine the amount of compensation due plaintiff under the workmen’s compensation act. Trial by the court. Decree for the plaintiff. The plaintiff was injured, while in the employ of the defendant, on August 8, 1919. The accident arose out of and in the course of the plaintiff’s employment, and was not caused in part or in whole by any serious or wilful misconduct on her part. No formal notice of the accident was given to the defendant, nor was any claim for compensation made by the plaintiff until March 20, 1920, when the following letter was sent to the defendant by…
1Opinion of the CourtSnow, J.
“No proceedings for compensation under this act shall be maintained unless notice of the accident as hereinafter provided has been given to the employer as soon as practicable after the happening thereof . . . , and unless claim for compensation has been made within six months from the occurrence of the accident, . . . bub no want or defect or inaccuracy of a notice shall be a bar to the maintenance of proceedings unless the employer proves that he is prejudiced by such want, defect or inaccuracy. Notice of the accident shall apprise the employer of the claim for compensation under this…
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