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WOOD v. JAEGER-SYKES, INC.

No. 88-P-594.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 199 (1989)

536 N.E.2d 1100

MADELINE L. WOOD, individually, and as executrix, vs. JAEGER-SYKES, INC., & others. (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg S. Blackburn (Terrance J. Hamilton with him) for Jaeger-Sykes, Inc., & another.

Harrison A. Fitch for J.J. Gregory & Son, Inc.

Diane M. Meibaum for Madeline L. Wood.

Present: PERRETTA, WARNER, & FINE, JJ.

FINE, J.

While Donald Wood was operating a two-ton castiron compressor pump, which rested on a homemade platform located over a ditch, the platform collapsed. Wood fell into the ditch, and the compressor pump fell on top of him. He died of the injuries received in the accident.

Prior to Wood's death, his wife, Madeline Wood, commenced an action against his employer. After his death, she commenced a second...

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