Brown v. Hope Service Station, Inc.

This is a workers’ compensation proceeding. The worker is Samuel Brown (Brown). His employer, the Hope Service Station, Inc. is the nominal owner and operator of a gasoline service station situated in Scituate. Sometime in May 1973, Brown was busily engaged in renovating the exterior portion of the station’s premises. Part of the remodeling program called for the erection of a retaining wall made up of railroad ties. As Brown commenced the retaining-wall project, he picked up one of the ties and experienced some back pain. In the years that followed, Brown continued to perform his…