Legal Opinion
Belezarian's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 30, 1940PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The single member, the reviewing board, and the Superior Court, all decided against the employee, and his claim for compensation was dismissed on the ground that he failed to show a personal injury. His appeal brings the case here.
The employee is and has been for many years a laster of shoes. Much strength is required in putting shoes on a last. He pounds on them with an iron hammer weighing three or four pounds. On October 14, 1938, after lasting two cases of thirty-six pairs each, he felt a sharp pain while pounding, and dropped the hammer. Pain and stiffness in his hands, wrists and arms…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Dodge v. Anna Jaques HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- City of Boston v. DolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Long v. Inhabitants of AtholMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Di Clavio's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Dillon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Moore's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- West's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Chapman's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Roney's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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