Keaney'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 Pierce, J. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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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 Pierce, J. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The judge made a decree "that the findings of the Industrial Accident Board be approved, and that in accordance therewith a decree be entered that Patrick ICeaney, being a farm laborer, and not being insured by his employer, Daniel L. Tappan, is not entitled to compensation under the workmen’s compensation act.” The employee, Patrick ICeaney, appealed. T. F.…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act. The material facts as found by the Industrial Accident Board are these:
“The employer, Daniel L. Tappan, carried on a market garden in Arlington, Mass. At the time of the injury to Patrick ICeaney, the employee, Tappan had in his employ four drivers and four helpers, who were engaged in the work of driving the produce of the farm to market and delivering it in the city of Boston. All of the driving and delivering was done by these four drivers and helpers. These men were employed the year round. When they were not engaged in the work…
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