Murphy'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 refusing to award compensation to Mary A. Murphy, the dependent widow of John T. Murphy, who died on March 2, 1913, when in the employ of the O. A. Miller Treeing Machine Company, a corporation maintaining a , factory at Quincy called the Old Angier Mills, in which Murphy was employed.
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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 refusing to award compensation to Mary A. Murphy, the dependent widow of John T. Murphy, who died on March 2, 1913, when in the employ of the O. A. Miller Treeing Machine Company, a corporation maintaining a , factory at Quincy called the Old Angier Mills, in which Murphy was employed. The decision appealed from concluded as follows: "The evidence leaves the matter of the cause of the death of the employee in doubt, removes apoplexy or…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
It is the contention of the claimant that the employee died on March 2, 1913, as the result of a personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, — by poisoning from fumes of chemicals used in experimental work at the place where he was employed. He was a carpenter by trade, thirty-five years old, and was employed to help around generally, “doing odd jobs, with no regular hours, subject to call at all times including Sundays and evenings.” His employment began about August 19, 1912, and there was evidence that during the early part of the week ending Saturday March 1, 1913,…
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