Rochford's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board upon an agreed statement of facts, described in the opinion, awarding compensation at the rate of $10.66 per week. In the Superior Court a decree was ordered by Hammond, J., in accordance with the decision of the Industrial Accident Board. The insurer appealed. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The employee’s place of work was on the second floor of the factory of the subscriber. He went home to dinner and returned to the factory about twenty minutes before one o’clock. He went into the packing room through which he would have to pass in order to reach his place of work upstairs. He waited until one o’clock in the packing room where others of the employees ate their lunch. His conduct there and the injury received are stated in these words in the agreed facts: “He was sitting in a chair near some power monogram machines talking with a friend, Whitehead. There was a girl about…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sundine's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Hallett's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Savage's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- O'Toole's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Moore' CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
3Cited by20 opinions
- White v. E. T. Slattery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Sawyer's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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- Babineau's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Eifler's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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