Legal Opinion
Spalla's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 12, 1946PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The employee, a laborer in a foúndry, sustained a hernia on August 23, 1943, “as the result of lifting a heavy piece of steel,” and after it was repaired by an operation on September 20, 1943, he sustained a recurrence of the hernia and submitted to a second operation on March 29, 1944. Compensation was paid to July 31, 1944, and he now claims compensation subsequent to that date for partial disability.
*417The principal contention of the employee at the hearing before the Industrial Accident Board was that he was suffering from a recurrence of the hernia. A physician testified that he had a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Di Clavio's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Maggelet's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Crowley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Burns's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Pimental's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Zerofski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Albanese's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Lovely's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Adams v. Contributory Retirement Appeal BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Pell v. New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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