Legal Opinion
Eckstein v. Scoffi
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 1, 1938PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of tort by an employee against his employers to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by him by reason of their negligence. The action is at common law. It arose in 1932 or 1933. The pertinent facts are these as shown by the exceptions: The defendants were not insured under the workmen’s compensation act. The plaintiff was employed as a baker in East Boston by the defendant John Scoffi, beginning in June, 1932. His duties comprised the firing or starting of the oven and the making of various articles of food. The plaintiff worked downstairs alone in a…
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- Proctor v. DillonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Cronan v. ArmitageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Jellow v. Fore River Ship Building Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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