Legal Opinion
Corbett's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 27, 1930PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act (G. L. c. 152) against the insurer of the Bay State Insulated Wire and Cable Company, herein called the Company. The claimant is the widow of William H. Corbett, a carpenter who fell from a ladder while nailing up some windows on the premises of the Company, and received injuries which resulted in his death. The only questions for decision are whether at the time of the injury he was an employee of the Company, and, if not, whether, as the employee of an uninsured, independent contractor, he was entitled to compensation under § 18 of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Pigeon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Gould's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Ryalls v. Mechanics' MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Fox v. Fafnir Bearing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Clark v. M. W. Leahy Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Caton v. Winslow Bros. & Smith Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Cozzo v. Atlantic Refining Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Indrisano's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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