Hale's Case

The employer as self-insurer in this claim for compensation under G. L. c. 152 has appealed from a Superior Court decree awarding compensation to Ida S. Hale (the claimant) in accordance with a decision of the Industrial Accident Board which affirmed and adopted the findings of the single member in its decision. 1. The self-insurer argues that the evidence does not warrant the board’s findings that the claimant was permanently and totally disabled from working and that this condition was directly related to her employment. At the hearing before the single member the claimant’s psychiatrist…