Legal Opinion

Nelson's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 3, 1956PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

The employee on July 17, 1953, as a result of using a seventy pound jackhammer which he held close to his body while operating it in the performance of his work as a laborer for a contractor, became ill and suffered a coro- ' nary occlusion or a vasomotor spasm which totally incapacitated him until September 2, 1953, and has since partially disabled him from resuming arduous labor. During the year prior to his accident, thé contractor had paid him an average weekly wage of $69.13. During this same period he was in the employ of a taxi company, driving a taxi Friday and Saturday evenings as a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Gillen's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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  3. Gagnon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  4. Fidelity Union Casualty Co. v. CareyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
  5. Warren's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951

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