Legal Opinion

Fontaine's Case

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided April 9, 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

The employee appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing his appeal from the Industrial Accident Board’s (board) decision affirming and adopting the single member’s finding and conclusion that he had failed to sustain his burden of proof on the issue whether his present incapacity is causally related to his 1964 industrial accident. We affirm the judgment.

1. The employee timely presented to the Superior Court a certified copy of the board’s decision from which he was appealing, G. L. c. 152, § 11. See Locke, Workmen’s Compensation § 567 (1968). Compare Foley’s Case, 344 Mass.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hachadourian's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  2. Foley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  3. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  4. DeSa's CaseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
  5. Fogerty's CaseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Kirkwood v. Board of Appeals of RockportMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984

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