Dulac v. Dumbarton Woolen Mills & Aetna Life Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal. This case went to the Law Court on an appe'al from a decision of the chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of the petitioner.
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On appeal. This case went to the Law Court on an appe'al from a decision of the chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of the petitioner. The petitioner for several years had worked in the card room of the Dumbarton Woolen Mills at Dexter, Maine, and on the 28th day of August, 1919, having completed her work for the day, on leaving the mill to return to her home, her work being on the second floor, she took a freight elevator, operating the same herself, from the second, or card room floor, to the basement floor. On leaving the elevator she was caught between the floor of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This case comes up on appeal from the finding of the chairman of the Industrial Commission in favor of the petitioner.
The essential facts as found by him are as follows:—
“The only question raised in the case is whether or not the injury to the petitioner is due to an accident arising out of and in the course of her employment.”
The facts brought out in the evidence which was introduced at the hearing were briefly as follows:
Lizzie Dulac was, on the 28th day of August, 19 L9, an employee of the Dumbarton Woolen Mills at Dexter, Maine. Her work was in what was known as the card room of the Mill.…
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