Pass's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation . act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board dismissing a claim of Duncan Pass, who was alleged to have received an injury to his left eye as the result of his work when in the employ of the General Electric Company at Lynn. The case was heard by Quinn, J. The findings of the Industrial Accident Board warranted by the evidence are stated in the ■opinion.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation . act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board dismissing a claim of Duncan Pass, who was alleged to have received an injury to his left eye as the result of his work when in the employ of the General Electric Company at Lynn. The case was heard by Quinn, J. The findings of the Industrial Accident Board warranted by the evidence are stated in the ■opinion. The judge made a decree in accordance with the decision of the Industrial Accident Board; and the employee appealed. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
This case comes before us by appeal from a decree affirming an adverse decision by the Industrial Accident Board, which adopted and confirmed the finding of the single member. The finding was (1) that the statutory notice required by the act had not been given, (2) that it had not been shown that either the association, the subscribers or their agent had notice of the injury, (3) that the claim for compensation had not been filed as required by the act, (4) that the failure to file the claim was not due to mistake or other reasonable cause, and (5) that the employee had failed to…
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