Legal Opinion
Cormier's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 18, 1958PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
On March 1, 1955, while in the employ of the Judson L. Thomson Mfg. Co. the employee was struck “in the vicinity of his left eye” by a piece of emery from a wheel revolving at the rate of 2,000 revolutions per minute. As a result of this accident, which arose out of and in the course of his employment, the employee’s vision in his left eye was diminished to below 20/70 of normal. As a consequence, due to the fact that he already had no vision in his right eye, he became totally disabled and was obliged to quit work on March 29, 1955, and that disability still continues.
After finding the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cummings v. National Shawmut Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Solomon v. DabrowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Greenaway's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Josi's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Brownhill v. KivlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Haley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Jacob H. Gichner v. Antonio Troiano Tile & Marble Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Messersmith's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Bagge's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Adams's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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