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Hatch's Case

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk
Nov 22, 1926
154 N.E. 71 (Mass. 1926)

Opinion

November 19, 1926.

November 22, 1926.

Present: RUGG, C.J., BRALEY, CROSBY, PIERCE, SANDERSON, JJ.

Workmen's Compensation Act, Injuries to which act applies.

A decision by the Industrial Accident Board dismissing a claim under the workmen's compensation act by an employee who was engaged principally in doing repair work on machines in various parts of the State, his travelling expenses being paid by his employer, and who was being taken by a friend in his automobile from doing such repair work when, by reason of some accident on the highway, he received fatal injuries, was affirmed, following Hewitt's Case, 225 Mass. 1.

CERTIFICATION, under the provisions of the workmen's compensation act, of a decision by the Industrial Accident Board dismissing a claim by a dependent of an employee of Addressograph Company for injuries resulting in his death.

In the Superior Court, by order of Cox, J., a decree was entered dismissing the claim. The claimant appealed.

M. Rosenthal, ( W.R. Goodland with him,) for the claimant.

W.I. Badger, for the insurer.


The deceased employee was engaged principally in doing repair work on machines in various parts of the State, his travelling expenses being paid by his insured employer. He was being taken by a friend in his automobile from doing such repair work when by reason of some accident on the highway he received fatal injuries.

The Industrial Accident Board, affirming and adopting the decision of the single member, rightly held on the governing authority of Hewitt's Case, 225 Mass. 1, that the petitioner was not entitled to compensation under the workmen's compensation act.

Decree affirmed.


Summaries of

Hatch's Case

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk
Nov 22, 1926
154 N.E. 71 (Mass. 1926)
Case details for

Hatch's Case

Case Details

Full title:MALCOLM C. HATCH'S (dependent's) CASE

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk

Date published: Nov 22, 1926

Citations

154 N.E. 71 (Mass. 1926)
154 N.E. 71

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