Larrabee's Case
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal by defendant. This case was taken to the Law Court on an appeal by defendant from a decree of the Industrial Accident Commission granting compensation to claimant under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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On appeal by defendant. This case was taken to the Law Court on an appeal by defendant from a decree of the Industrial Accident Commission granting compensation to claimant under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The claimant is the widow of Herbert Larrabee, who, on March 12,. 1920, while in the employment of the St. Croix Paper Company at Woodland, Maine, in removing ashes from under the boilers in defendant’s mill, breathed gas fumes from the ashes, which it was alleged caused his death which followed on March 21, 1920. The question involved was as to whether the evidence in the case…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
The deceased was employed by the St. Croix Paper Company to clean ashes from pits where they wen; dumped from the boilers. Ashes in large quantities were dumped every two ox-four hours, depending on the kind of coal used. When Minto coal was being used the ashes had to be dumped four times a “shift” or every two hours. The ashes were dumped into a concrete pit about three feet high and twelve feet square and when first dumped were very hot and gave off more or less gas, especially the Minto coal which contains considerable sulphur.
The duties of the deceased required him to put water on the;…
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