Brookside Mills & American Mutual Liability Ins. v. Harrison

John Harrison was an employee of the Brookside Mills and brought this suit under chapter 123 of the Acts of 1939 claiming to have sustained injuries arising out of and in the course of1 his employment. The insurer of the Brookside Mills was joined as a defendant and both parties answered denying liability on various grounds. There was a judgment in favor of the employee from which the employer and the insurer have appealed in error.

Without discussing other questions, we think this suit must be dismissed by reason of the failure of the employee to give the written notice required by the…