· 5/5/1988
Mulcahey's Case
Citations
- 522 N.E.2d 431
- 26 Mass. App. Ct. 1
- 1988 Mass. App. LEXIS 292
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- employee was not assigned earning capacity until the board changed initial finding from totally incapacitated to partially incapacitated
- burden of proving incapacity rests with employee “even where compensation has been awarded and the insurer is applying for discontinuance”
- Department of Industrial Accidents entitled to use its own judgment in determining earning capacity
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Judges: Grant, Cutter, Armstrong
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