Brown'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, in which they found “ that the employee, Solomon Brown, received a personal injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment as a laborer for the subscriber, the Aberthaw Construction Company, on or about ■ October 1, 1915, by reason of a strain sustained while assisting to carry a ‘stick’ weighing about…
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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, in which they found “ that the employee, Solomon Brown, received a personal injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment as a laborer for the subscriber, the Aberthaw Construction Company, on or about ■ October 1, 1915, by reason of a strain sustained while assisting to carry a ‘stick’ weighing about seven hundred pounds, said strain causing a condition of hernia to develop and resulting in the total incapacity for work…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The employee here in question worked for the Aberthaw Construction Company in the yard of the Fore River Ship Yards. When he woke up on the morning of October 18, 1915, he found that he had a swelling in his right groin and that he was unable to work. He consulted his doctor and was advised that he had ruptured himself and that an operation was necessary. On his telling the doctor that he was a day laborer and had a family to support the doctor told him that he could try using a truss. Thereupon he bought a truss and worked on the three following days having arranged with the foreman (whom he…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Johnson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Carroll's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Murphy's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Bloom's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Marsh v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1933
- DeFilippo's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Johnson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Wheeler v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
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