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McGowan's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 27, 1934PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.

This employee was operated on for hernia in 1922, 1925 and 1928. He was paid compensation under the workmen’s compensation act from August, 1925, to January, 1926, and from December, 1928, to April, 1929. On December 15, 1931, while lifting cloth he felt a pain, and there was evidence tending to show that he had a hernia as a result of that lifting. He filed a claim for compensation on the theory that this was a recurrence of his earlier injury. The American Mutual Liability Insurance Company was the insurer of the employer at the time of the original injury. The board member found that it…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Kangas's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  2. Johnson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  3. Di Giovanni's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  4. DePietro's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  5. Seelig's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Di Clavio's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  2. Roney's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Zabec's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  4. Hummer's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  5. Russell's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956

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