McLaughlin's Case

The employee, who lived in Boston, was employed by the E. A. Abbott Company at its place of business in Boston to go to Cornish, New Hampshire, to work as a carpenter. His railroad fare was paid by the employer. While engaged at his work in Cornish “he cut himself with an axe” on April 22, 1929, and was incapacitated for two weeks and five days. A claim adjuster of the insurer called upon him in New Hampshire after he returned to work and paid him $42.50 for his lost time and in addition $14, which the employee had paid for medical attendance. The employee then signed and there delivered a…