O'Brien's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding to William C. O’Brien, who was employed as a mason by the firm of Harmon and Hopkins at Taunton, specific compensation (in addition to the compensation theretofore paid to him) of $10 a week for a period of fifty weeks from April 11, 1916, the date of his injury, for reduction of vision in his right eye to one…
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding to William C. O’Brien, who was employed as a mason by the firm of Harmon and Hopkins at Taunton, specific compensation (in addition to the compensation theretofore paid to him) of $10 a week for a period of fifty weeks from April 11, 1916, the date of his injury, for reduction of vision in his right eye to one tenth of normal with glasses under the provision of St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 11 (b), as amended by St. 1914, c. 708, §…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
A piece of steel entered' the employee’s right eye on April 11, 1916; and it is conceded that the resultant injury arose out of and in the course of his employment. Under the workmen’s compensation act additional compensation is payable for certain specified injuries, among others, for “the reduction to one tenth of normal vision in either eye with glasses.” St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 11 (6), as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 2; St. 1914, c. 708, § 6.
The evidence on which the Industrial Accident Board found that the employee was entitled to the benefit of this provision was substantially…
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