GALLANT'S CASE


326 Mass. 507 (1950)

95 N.E.2d 536

JEREMIAH GALLANT'S CASE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 30, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.L. Fitzpatrick, for the insurer.

No argument nor brief for the claimant.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, WILKINS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


LUMMUS, J.

In this workmen's compensation case, the evidence was that the employee, while working as a night watchman for J.W. Wood Elastic Web Company, suffered a hernia on February 19, 1946. He first noticed it as he crouched down to go through a low passageway in the course of his work. He was paid compensation for total incapacity until March 10, 1946. Returning to work, he worked until May 30, 1947, when he asked for lighter work and was discharged. His heart...

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