Pagnoni's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board making an award to Santa Pagnoni and Guiseppe Pagnoni jointly, the mother and father of Vincenzo Pagnoni, a deceased employee, as his next of kin partly dependent upon his earnings-for support at the time of his injury and death.
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Appeal under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board making an award to Santa Pagnoni and Guiseppe Pagnoni jointly, the mother and father of Vincenzo Pagnoni, a deceased employee, as his next of kin partly dependent upon his earnings-for support at the time of his injury and death. The case first was heard by Hardy, J. The judge made a decree in accordance with the decision of the Industrial Accident Board; and the insurer appealed. Later, on motion of the insurer the case was remanded to the Industrial Accident…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
It is agreed that the employee died from an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. The committee of arbitration found that the claimants Santa Pagnoni and Giuseppe Pagnoni, the mother and father of the deceased, were partly dependent upon his earnings for support at the *10date of his injury and death and awarded compensation at the rate of $2.56 per week for five hundred weeks. The Industrial Accident Board on review affirmed the findings and decision of the committee.
The only issue tried was that of the dependency of the claimants. Although the insurer filed more than fifty…
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