Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1941

Eldridge's Case

Eldridge's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 13, 1941
310 Mass. 830; 38 N.E.2d 566; 1941 Mass. LEXIS 902

Eldridge's Case

Opinion of the Court

This is a workmen’s compensation case. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152. It is an appeal by the insurer from a decree of the Superior Court awarding compensation to the dependent widow of a deceased employee. This decree was in conformity with the findings of the reviewing board. The finding of the board that the injury resulting in the death of the employee arose out of and in the course of his employment was warranted by the evidence. It cannot rightly be said that this finding was wholly speculative. And the evidence did not require a finding that the injury resulted from the employee’s being under the influence of alcoholic liquor. An affirmative finding to the contrary was permissible on the evidence. This is not a case for the allowance of costs under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 14.

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