Sundine's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of 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.
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Appeal from a decree of 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 Crosby, J. The Industrial Accident Board upon an agreed statement of facts found as follows: Emily Sundine, the employee, in the employ of one Olsen named below, was injured on November 29, 1912, while coming down a flight of stairs leading from the third floor to the second floor of the building numbered 376 on Washington Street in Boston. She was coming from the workroom of F. L. Dunne and Company on…
1Opinion of the CourtSheddon, J.
It is provided by statute (St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 17) that “if a subscriber enters into a contract, written or oral, with an independent contractor to do such subscriber’s work . . . and the association would, if such work were executed by employees immediately employed by the subscriber, be liable to pay compensation under this act to those employees, the association shall pay to such employees any compensation which would be payable to them under this act” if the independent contractor were a subscriber. By the word “association” is meant the Massachusetts Employees’ Insurance…
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