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21 Knapp Street acci accident action survived amount of damages ATTORNEY AT LAW authorized by chapter BOSTON PRINTED Chapter 173 common law remedy contract courts deceased defect arose degree of culpability discovered or remedied district police eighteen hundred employ employee for personal employee injured employment entrusted exercise of due F. H. HODGES 21 factories favor of employees fellow-servant fracture fund or society gence guard-rails HODGES 21 Knapp injured employee injuries to employees injury to spine jury killed Knapp Street 1891 labor legal representatives Liability Act loss of arm machinery man's limbs Manufacturing Mass Massachusetts notice OSGOOD pain and permanently personal injuries caused physical and mental place and cause plaintiff ployee PRINTED AND PUBLISHED proper condition PUBLISHED BY F. H. railroad employees reason recover damages right of action Rights at common RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES risks statutory laws suffered superintendent tion tool or appliance unusual dangers verdict WILLIAM N
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Page 12 - ... the workman, or in case the injury results in death, the legal personal representatives of the workman, and any persons entitled in case of death, shall have the same right of compensation and remedies against the employer as if the workman had not been a workman of nor in the service of the employer, nor engaged in his work.
Page 14 - Employers' liability for injuries. — When personal injury is caused to an employee who is himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time: 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 15 - ... under this act, such proportion of the pecuniary benefit which has been received by such employee from any such fund or society on account of such contribution of said employer, as the contribution of such employer to such fund or society bears to the whole contribution thereto.
Page 13 - But no notice given under the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be invalid or insufficient solely by reason of any inaccuracy in stating the time, place or cause of the injury...
Page 11 - Under sub-section one of section one, unless the defect therein mentioned arose from, or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer, or of some person in the service of the employer, and entrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant were in proper condition.
Page 11 - Where after the commencement of this act personal injury is caused to a workman (1.) By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant connected with or used in the business of the employer; or (2.) By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has any superintendence entrusted to him whilst in the exercise of such superintendence...
Page 13 - ... under the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be invalid or insufficient solely by reason of any inaccuracy in stating the time, place or cause of the injury if it be shown that there was no intention to mislead and that the party entitled to notice was not in fact misled thereby.
Page 14 - An employer who shall have contributed to an Insurance fund created and maintained for the mutual purpose of Indemnifying an employee for personal injuries, for which compensation may be recovered under this act, or...
Page 15 - ... shall be in writing, signed by the person injured or by some one in his behalf; but if from physical or mental incapacity...
Page 13 - ... no action for the recovery of compensation for injury or death under this act, shall be maintained, unless notice of the time, place and cause of the injury is given to the employer within thirty days, and the action is commenced within one year from the occurrence of the accident causing the injury or death.