Slade v. Willis Hosiery Mills

Did Jack Slade’s death result from an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment? We agree with the judge of the Superior Court the evidence is not such as to permit an affirmative inference.

By the terms of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, “death” means only death resulting from an injury, and “injury” means only “injury by accident” arising out of and in the course of the employment, and does not include a disease in any form, except where it results naturally and unavoidably from the accident. C. S., 8081 (i). “Accident” as here used has been defined “as an…