Goff's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court from a decision of the Industrial II Accident Board awarding compensation to Henry A. Goff for D injuries received on May 3, 1918. H All the material evidence before the single board member was I reported.
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Appeal to the Superior Court from a decision of the Industrial II Accident Board awarding compensation to Henry A. Goff for D injuries received on May 3, 1918. H All the material evidence before the single board member was I reported. The evidence on the question, whether the claimant H was an independent contractor or an employee, was as follows: H One Fred J. Humphrey, one of the partnership for whom H the plaimant was doing work, testified that in March, 1918, the partnership had some men jobbing on the Sidney White lot and the witness continued on with the same men. Gould, Rider and…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The plaintiff was injured in the course of and aris- I ing out of his employment as a woodchopper. His compensation I was at the rate of $2 per cord. The finding that he was an employee I and not an independent contractor was not erroneous as matter of • I law. McAllister’s Case, 229 Mass. 193. The case upon this point I is distinguishable from Centrello’s Case, 232 Mass. 456, and Winslow's Case, 232 Mass. 458.
There also was evidence to support the finding that the claimant I was a fellow workman with one Gould and not a partner with him. I There was evidence that the latter,was a foreman for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Centrello's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- McAllister's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Winslow's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Mallory's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
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- Hill's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Rich's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Churchill's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Peters's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972