MOSS'S CASE


451 Mass. 704 (2008)

WAYNE R. MOSS'S (dependent's) CASE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Sullivan for the claimant.

Daniel S. Hendrie for the employer.

Edward Gainor for the insurer.

Paul F. Leavis, Adam J. Troupe, & J. Michael Conley, for Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.


BOTSFORD, J.

If an employee cannot testify in his or her own behalf in seeking workers' compensation benefits, how can the claim be proved? One answer to this question can be found in G.L. c. 152, § 7A (§ 7A), which establishes prima facie evidence of various elements of a workers' compensation claim when an employee has been rendered unable to testify by reason of injury or death occurring at the workplace. In this case, we examine the interaction between...

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