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Herson's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 14, 1960PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

This is an appeal by a workmen’s compensation insurer from a decree of the Superior Court sustaining an award of the Industrial Accident Board to an employee for an alleged injury on June 14, 1954. The award was based upon findings of a single member as supplemented and slightly modified by the reviewing board.

The insurer seems now to make no contention that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the reviewing board’s finding that “the employee had a preexisting coronary heart disease which was complicated by arterial hypertension and that his heart attack of June 14, 1954, was…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Kangas's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  2. Cahill's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  3. Berthiaume's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  4. Judkins's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Perrotta's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass'n v. State Racing CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  2. Board of Assessors of New Braintree v. Pioneer Valley Academy, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
  3. Leen v. Board of Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
  4. Insurance Rating Board v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  5. Wannacomet Water Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963

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