Legal Opinion
McElroy's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 1986PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C. J.
The question of first impression presented by this workers’ compensation appeal is whether an employee may be awarded compensation for injuries suffered in an automobile accident occurring while the employee was en route to a doctor’s office for treatment of a work-related injury.
The following facts are undisputed. The employee worked for the General Motors Corporation (self-insurer) in its plant in Framingham. On April 28, 1978, the employee suffered a back injury while working on the assembly line. He was out of work from the date of his injury until January 16, 1979, and received weekly…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Burns's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Claim of Katz v. A. Kadans & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Immer and Company v. BrosnahanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Di Clavio's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Chapman's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Wolfe v. City of El DoradoCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1990
- Excel Corp. v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 1993
- Font v. New York City Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Deleon v. OteriMassachusetts Superior Court · 1997
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