Derinza'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 awarding to Margherita Pucci Derinza, of Savignano di Puglia in the Province of Avellino in the Kingdom of Italy, as the wholly dependent widow of Michael Derinza, -the compensation of $7.20 a week for a period of five hundred weeks from March 29, 1915. , The case was heard by Hardy, J. The evidence and the proceedings…
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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 awarding to Margherita Pucci Derinza, of Savignano di Puglia in the Province of Avellino in the Kingdom of Italy, as the wholly dependent widow of Michael Derinza, -the compensation of $7.20 a week for a period of five hundred weeks from March 29, 1915. , The case was heard by Hardy, J. The evidence and the proceedings before the arbitration committee and the Industrial Accident Board so far as they relate to the questions raised on the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The deceased admittedly received fatal injuries in the course of and arising out of his employment by a subscriber under the workmen’s compensation act.
1. There were irregularities in the application for the deposition to take the evidence of the widow of the deceased. Before the enactment of St. 1915, c. 275, there was no special provision for the taking of depositions in foreign countries in workmen’s compensation cases. Letters rogatory could not issue in such cases. Martinelli, petitioner, 219 Mass. 58. The entire subject is now covered by that statute. The present deposition purports to…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Howard v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Bibb v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Sponatski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Western Metal Supply Co. v. PillsburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
- Blackburn v. CrawfordsSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. WeloskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. KozlowskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Devine's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Mailman's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
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