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Walker's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 28, 2004PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.

Is an employee who suffers permanent losses of bodily functions and disfigurement due to a work-related injury involving brain damage, but who survives his injury, entitled to benefits under the “specific injuries” provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act (act), G. L. c. 152, § 36, or are his benefits limited by G. L. c. 152, § 36A, which provides among other things for specific compensation for “an injury involving brain damage?” The question arises in this case as a consequence of debilitating brain damage suffered by Stanley E. Walker due to a work-related injury. For the reasons…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hanlon v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  2. Young v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  3. Burns's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  4. Neff v. Commissioner of the Department of Industrial AccidentsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  5. Gateley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Alves's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. Spaniol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  3. Moss's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  4. New England Survey Systems, Inc. v. Department of Industrial AccidentsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2016
  5. Walker's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009

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