Golden's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Certification to the Superior Court of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board finding and ruling, upon a petition by Ger-trade R Doyle for the approval of her fee of $909 for services rendered by her as masseuse to Newton Golden, who had received injuries on March 29, 1918, while employed by the Worcester Electric Light Company, that the case was “unusual” under Part II, § 5, of the workmen’s compensation act, “the injury of March 29, 1918, having resulted in complete…
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Certification to the Superior Court of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board finding and ruling, upon a petition by Ger-trade R Doyle for the approval of her fee of $909 for services rendered by her as masseuse to Newton Golden, who had received injuries on March 29, 1918, while employed by the Worcester Electric Light Company, that the case was “unusual” under Part II, § 5, of the workmen’s compensation act, “the injury of March 29, 1918, having resulted in complete atrophy of the employee’s right hand and arm and necessitating mediqal treatment by the petitioner,” that $606, allowing…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
The employee, on March 29, 1918, while working for the Worcester Electric Light Company, received an injury to his shoulder resulting in the complete atrophy of his right hand- and arm. On January 15, 1920, the insurer paid to him under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act $500 as specific compensation for the “ loss of the use of his hand,” apparently on the ground that it had been so injured as to be permanently incapable of use. He was also paid compensation for seven months following the injury, but received nothing for partial disability.
From early in September, 1919, to the…
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