Sullivan's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Certification to the Superior Court under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board- affirming and adopting findings of a single member of the board that the claimant, as the result of an injury received on September 9, 1920, in the course of and arising out of his employment by Potter Drug and Chemical Company and while lifting a barrel, received an injury by reason of which the vision of his right eye was reduced to…
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Certification to the Superior Court under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board- affirming and adopting findings of a single member of the board that the claimant, as the result of an injury received on September 9, 1920, in the course of and arising out of his employment by Potter Drug and Chemical Company and while lifting a barrel, received an injury by reason of which the vision of his right eye was reduced to less than one tenth with glasses, and that the insurer was not prejudiced by the lateness of a notice which was not given…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
In this proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act, the employee was awarded compensation; and the insurer appealed, on the ground that'there was no causal connection between the alleged accident and the injury claimed, and that the employee has not sustained the burden of proving that the insurer was not prejudiced by the employee’s failure to give notice as soon as practicable.
There was evidence from which it could be found that while *38engaged in lifting a barrel weighing from four to five hundred pounds, on or about September 9, 1920, it fell or “skidded on the bottom away from . . .…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pass's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Wnukowski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Anderson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Rich's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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