Bell's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Certification to the Superior Court under the provisions of Part III, § 11, of the workmen’s compensation act as amended by Sts. 1912, c. 571, § 14; 1917, c. 297, § 7 (now G. L. c. 152, § 11), of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board and papers in connection therewith, finding that Grover C. Bell, an employee of the Commonwealth Chemical Company, suffered a fatal injury “at a time when he was in a position of peril incurred solely by reason of and during the…
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Certification to the Superior Court under the provisions of Part III, § 11, of the workmen’s compensation act as amended by Sts. 1912, c. 571, § 14; 1917, c. 297, § 7 (now G. L. c. 152, § 11), of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board and papers in connection therewith, finding that Grover C. Bell, an employee of the Commonwealth Chemical Company, suffered a fatal injury “at a time when he was in a position of peril incurred solely by reason of and during the continuance of his employment relation, and while he was performing the necessary act of leaving his place of employment by the…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The plant of the Commonwealth Chemical Company, the employer, was erected near the northerly end of a large tract of marsh land, lying between the Malden River on the east, and the Boston and Maine Railroad on the west, a portion of the southerly bound touching the Revere Beach Parkway. Between the parkway and the building was salt marsh. Bell lived on the opposite side of the railroad tracks from the chemical company’s plant, on Fifth Street in Wellington village. The board member, who heard the case, found: “Bell could have taken a path along the railroad tracks on the side toward the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Sundine's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- White v. E. T. Slattery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Brown's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Fumiciello's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Johnson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Kent v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Murphy v. MiettinenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Zygmuntowicz v. American Steel & Wire Co. of New JerseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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