Gillen'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 facts are stated in the opinion. The judge made a decree that the findings of fact of the Industrial Accident Board be approved and that in accordance therewith the employee, Barney Gillen, should receive a weekly payment of $6.50 each week during his. total incapacity for work.
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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 facts are stated in the opinion. The judge made a decree that the findings of fact of the Industrial Accident Board be approved and that in accordance therewith the employee, Barney Gillen, should receive a weekly payment of $6.50 each week during his. total incapacity for work. The insurer, the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited, appealed. St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 9, provides as…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an appeal under the workmen’s compensation act. St. 1911, c. 751. The employee, a longshoreman, was injured in the course of his employment by the Canada, Atlantic and Plant Steamship Company, which was insured under the *97act with the insurer. The facts are that the steamship company operates a line between Boston and Halifax, one boat in winter and two boats in summer, arriving at and leaving Boston each week. The longshoremen in its employ work on an average for fifteen to twenty hours weekly, and receive from it not more than $8 a week. The employee, like other longshoremen, worked…
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