Barry's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, entered upon a petition under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 12, as amended by St. 1914, c. 708, § 11, affirming and adopting findings and rulings of a single member of the board that John E. Barry, who, when in the employ of the Cape Arm Granite Company as a water boy and a tool carrier in its granite quarry and fourteen years of age, had suffered injuries which crushed his left…
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Appeal under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, entered upon a petition under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 12, as amended by St. 1914, c. 708, § 11, affirming and adopting findings and rulings of a single member of the board that John E. Barry, who, when in the employ of the Cape Arm Granite Company as a water boy and a tool carrier in its granite quarry and fourteen years of age, had suffered injuries which crushed his left hand, for which, under the award being reviewed, he had received $4.67 per week as compensation for total incapacity from…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The question for decision is, whether the findings and rulings of the board member, which were adopted and affirmed by the Industrial Accident Board on review, should be reversed. It is contended by the employee that under St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 10, as amended by St. 1914, c. 708, § 5, the board erred in deciding that he was not totally incapacitated for work, and that compensation for total incapacity should cease April 18, 1919, and that the evidence is insufficient to support the finding of the board member or of the full board that he was not totally incapacitated on April 18, 1919.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pass's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Sullivan's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Gagnon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Duprey's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Lacione's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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- Percival's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Capone's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Driscoll's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Ballard's CaseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
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