Duprey's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board relating to compensation to be paid to Joseph T. Duprey.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board relating to compensation to be paid to Joseph T. Duprey. The case was heard first by a committee of arbitration, whose report stated the following facts among others: Duprey, while employed as a carpenter at $15 a week by William Banaghan of Worcester, when putting away his tools on Saturday, October 12,1912, and when going downstairs, made a misstep and fell, sustaining injuries. He was a man sixty-eight years of age, blind in one eye,…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
It is admitted that the employee Duprey was injured during the course of his employment and was totally incapacitated for all work from the date of his injuries on October 12,1912, until June 12, 1913, and that during this period he was paid by the insurer a weekly compensation, in accordance with the terms of the workmen’s compensation act (St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 9), at the rate of $7.50, which was a sum equal to one half his average weekly wages.
The committee of arbitration heard the parties and found that the total disability of Duprey ended on June 12, 1913, and that thereafter he…
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