Pecott's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board approving a bill of Dr. Francis A. Cregg for the sum of $50 to be paid by the insurer for performing an operation for hernia on the employee Jerry Pecott on November 4, 1914, Dr. Cregg being the family physician of Pecott and not one of the two physicians provided by the insurer. The’ case was heard by McLaughlin, J. The facts found by the Industrial Accident Board are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal to the Superior Court from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board approving a bill of Dr. Francis A. Cregg for the sum of $50 to be paid by the insurer for performing an operation for hernia on the employee Jerry Pecott on November 4, 1914, Dr. Cregg being the family physician of Pecott and not one of the two physicians provided by the insurer. The’ case was heard by McLaughlin, J. The facts found by the Industrial Accident Board are stated in the opinion. The judge made a decree affirming the decision of the Industrial Accident Board and ordering the insurer to pay Dr. Cregg…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The employee was injured Saturday, October 31, 1914, between half past eleven and twelve o’clock. As usual on Saturday, the mill closed at noon. In the afternoon, the pain from the injury became intense and he consulted Dr. Cregg, who advised an operation. Monday the employee made an attempt to notify his foreman of the injury, and, failing in this, he left word by telephone with one of the office employees. Wednesday, November, 4, 1914, he was operated on for hernia.
At the time the employee was injured there were posted in the mill where he worked printed notices informing employees that in…
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