Ruschetti's Case

The employee received “a personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment” on April 23,1935, when his right hand and forearm were badly burned when drawn and caught between a brass roll and a hot cylin*428der. While he was receiving compensation for the injury, on November 2, 1935, he committed suicide. The question is, whether there was evidence to warrant the finding of the Industrial Accident Board that death resulted from the injury (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 152, § 31) so as to entitle his dependents to compensation. Wnukowski’s Case, 296 Mass. 63. The Superior Court ruled that…