Legal Opinion
Wheaton's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 31, 1941PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is an appeal by the insurer from a decree awarding compensation to an employee in accordance with the decision of the Industrial Accident Board. The grounds for the appeal are that the injury did not arise in the course of and out of the employment, that the insurer was prejudiced by the failure of the employee to give notice of the injury, that there was no reasonable cause for failure to file the claim within the period mentioned in the statute, and that the insurer was prejudiced by such delay.
It appears from the record that the employee, a man about sixty years of age, had been in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Madden's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Burns's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Horan v. Inhabitants of WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Bellows v. Worcester Storage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Duggan's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Tassone's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Hodnett v. Arbella Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1996
- Jacques v. Farmers Lumber & Supply Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1951
- Berthiaume's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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