Knight's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 19,12, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board making the finding which is quoted in the opinion and dismissing the claim of Ida Knight as the dependent widow of Edson Knight. The case was heard by Lawton, J., who made a decree that the claim for compensation be dismissed. The dependent widow appealed. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The deceased, Edson Knight, was a laborer in the employ of H. P. Cole, a coal dealer in Williamstown. While at work on April 20, 1917, he was taken ill, was removed to his home and died the same day. An autopsy disclosed aneurism, or localized dilatation, of the large blood vessel leading from the heart (the1 aortic artery), and a rupture of the same, which resulted in his death. The dependent’s case was based upon the contention that the aneurism was caused or aggravated by an injury which Knight sustained on January 15,1917, while he was delivering coal at the house of a customer of his…
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