Legal Opinion
Sulham's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 1958PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Superior Court dismissing the claim of an employee for compensation for partial disability from August 30, 1952, to November 19, 1956, and for total disability for eight weeks from the latter date.
The claimant was employed in a tannery trimming hides when on August 17, 1948, during the course of his work he sustained a “right indirect inguinal hernia” for which he was operated on in December, 1948. He returned to work at the tannery on February 14, 1949, where he was assigned to a job different from his former one but requiring heavy work. He was paid…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Pierce's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Rock's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Sawyer's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Charron's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
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- Haley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Garrigan's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Look's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Joyce's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Morse's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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