Sutherland's Case

This case arises under the Massachusetts Workmen’s Compensation Act. It is before this court on an appeal by American Motorists Insurance Company (American) from a Superior Court decree which awarded total incapacity and dependency compensation (to be paid by American) and dismissed a claim for such compensation against Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. (Employers’ Liability). With an exception noted in the last paragraph of this opinion, the Superior Court decree was in conformity with the decision of the reviewing board, which had affirmed and adopted as its own the findings…