Channell's Case

This is an appeal by the city of Haverhill, self insurer, from a decree of the Superior Court enforcing a decision of the Industrial Accident Board allowing the claim of the employee’s widow for dependency compensation under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152.

The single member found the following facts. In the latter part of June, 1952, the “employee received an injury to his head as a result of being struck by [the] tailgate of [a] truck ... in the course of his employment.” The [employee continued to work, although complaining of dizziness, until July 15, 1952, when ... his foreman…