Cronin's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, ruling that James F. Cronin, who, at the time of the death of his father, Dennis Cronin, an employee within the terms of the workmen’s compensation act, was under eighteen years of age and his father’s sole dependent under Part II, § 7 (c), of the act, and with whose guardian the insurer made an agreement to pay…
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, ruling that James F. Cronin, who, at the time of the death of his father, Dennis Cronin, an employee within the terms of the workmen’s compensation act, was under eighteen years of age and his father’s sole dependent under Part II, § 7 (c), of the act, and with whose guardian the insurer made an agreement to pay compensation for his benefit at the rate of $10 per week for four hundred weeks, did not cease to be entitled to a performance…
1Opinion of the CourtJennet, J.
One Dennis Cronin died September 9, 1916, from an injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment. He left a son, James F. Cronin, then under the age of eighteen, who was his sole dependent. A finding was made by the Industrial Accident Board establishing these facts. On October 9, 1916, the insurer entered into an agreement with the duly appointed guardian of the son to pay compensation for his benefit in weekly payments of $10 for four hundred weeks. St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 14. No appeal was taken.
The son became eighteen years of age in December, 1917, and the insurer…
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