Legal Opinion

Leone's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 28, 1921PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Certification to the Superior Court under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board dismissing a claim on the ground that the employers were not subscribers within the provisions of the act. Proceedings before the single member of the board and the full board and in the Superior Court before Wait, J., are described in the opinion. A decree was entered dismissing the claim; and the claimant appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.

This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act (St. 1911, c. 751 and amendments thereto, now G. L. c. 152), by the administrator of Enrico Leone who was killed in the course of his employment at Whitinsville, July 3,1917. It was agreed that the death arose out of the employment and that W. D. Smith (one of his employers) reported the injury and death to the Industrial Accident Board on July 20, 1917.

Two questions were presented to the Industrial Accident Board by the insurer, (1) whether the employer was a subscriber with either insurance company, and (2) whether the widow was a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  5. Meley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914

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3Cited by6 opinions

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