Gaynor's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of 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. The case was heard by Pierce, J. The facts found by the Industrial Accident Board are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a decree of 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. The case was heard by Pierce, J. The facts found by the Industrial Accident Board are stated in the opinion. The judge made a decree affirming the decision of the Industrial Accident Board and ordering that the insurer should pay to Emma G. Gaynor, as the dependent widow of Joseph C. Gaynor, the sum of $7.50 a week for a period of three hundred weeks from the date of his injury, October 9, 1912. The insurer appealed from the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The facts in this case are that the deceased employee was a waiter employed, at the time his injuries were received, by T. D. Cook and Company, Incorporated, a caterer, having a regular place of business in Boston. It had a contract to serve a banquet at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, on October 9, 1912, and on the day before engaged the deceased for service at that banquet. Its agent told the deceased that if he would report at the South Station in Boston the next morning, he could go to South Hadley at its expense with the other waiters. The wage for the service was to be $4, together…
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