Legal Opinion
Goddu's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 4, 1948PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The widow of a deceased employee appeals from a decree of the Superior Court dismissing her claim for compensation for his death.
The reviewing board affirmed and adopted the findings and the decision of the single member denying compensation. The accident was unwitnessed. The employer was a manufacturer of motorcycles. The employee was a motor tester, who worked on the fourth floor of a five-story factory building. The fifth floor was used as a stock room. On December 12, 1945, the employee was found prostrate on the fifth floor landing. He "obviously” had ascended by a flight of stairs from…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Epstein v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Devine's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Greenaway's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Rozek's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Kagan v. United Vacuum Appliance Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Sinclair v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- McCarthy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- In the Matter of KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- American Mutual Liability Insurance v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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