Warakomski's Case

Jan 27, 1942
Reporters:
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Before:
Lummus
Lummus, J.

The insurer appealed from a decree awarding the employee compensation for an ‍‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‍injury caused by the slipping of his foot into a tub of hot water. He was cleaning an accumulation of’ shellac from his rubber. The ‍‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‍shellac accumulated on the rubber in the course of his employment. The injury could be found to arise out of his employment, and to be ‍‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‍an incident of his employment. Sylvia’s Case, 298 Mass. 27. The necessary causal relation could be found to exist between the employment and the injury. G. L. ‍‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‍(Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 26. Higgins’s Case, 284 Mass. 345, 347. No serious and wilful misconduct was shown. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 27. The difference be*659tween ‍‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‍that and absence of causal relation is illustrated by Lazarz’s Case, 293 Mass. 538.

Decree affirmed.