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BISAZZA'S CASE

SJC-10183

452 Mass. 593 (2008)

COSMO BISAZZA'S CASE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent F. Massey, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the employer.

Louis deBenedictis for the employee.

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

CORDY, J.

In this case, we must decide whether G. L. c. 152, § 1 (7A), of the workers' compensation law, which defines the term "personal injury," requires a greater "work-relatedness" nexus for emotional and mental injury compensation than is required for physical injury compensation under G. L. c. 152, § 26. Generally, a worker may recover for all personal injuries "arising out of and in the course of his employment...

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