Taylor's Case

Appeal from the decree of a single justice affirming the decision of the Chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission granting compensation for the death of the petitioner’s husband, Fred J. Taylor.

The petitioner claimed that the death was due to a strain from lifting a slate slab while at work. The defendants contended there was no evidence of accidental injury or that death was caused by the strain.

The commissioner after hearing found, “It is obvious that the heavy lifting in question was a material factor in hastening his death, or else that there was no causal connection whatever…