Comerford'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 awarding compensation to Patrick Comerford, an employee of one Connors, a master teamster, who was injured on May 6, 1915, when assisting in loading a concrete window sill upon his team for transportation to Mattapan to be used by the McDonald and Joslin Company in the construction of a small brick garage there.
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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 awarding compensation to Patrick Comerford, an employee of one Connors, a master teamster, who was injured on May 6, 1915, when assisting in loading a concrete window sill upon his team for transportation to Mattapan to be used by the McDonald and Joslin Company in the construction of a small brick garage there. The case first was heard in the Superior Court by Wait, J., who made a decree in accordance with the decision of the Industrial…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The previous decision in this case, reported in 224 Mass. 571, recommitted the case to the Industrial Accident Board for the introduction of further evidence upon the question, whether the work performed by Comerford was a part of the business of McDonald and Joslin Company or was merely ancillary and incidental thereto.
The board found that the employee, Patrick Comerford, was employed as a teamster by Connors, an independent contractor; and that the subscriber, the McDonald and Joslin Company, engaged Connors to furnish a teamster to cart material, tools and supplies from its yard to the…
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