Simpson v. Dorsey

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• permitting interlocutory appeal of denial of motion to dismiss based upon claim that defendants were immune under the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Act
• “in exchange for accepting the statutory remedies [of the workers’ compensation act], the worker waives any common-law right to compensation for tort injuries”
• present execution doctrine applies where \protection from the burden of litigation and trial is precisely the right to which [a party] asserts an entitlement\
• wrongful death action brought by estate not precluded when Commonwealth withdrew initial objection and parties proceeded as if estate were properly before Superior Court throughout litigation
• employee may opt out of act only by notifying employer in writing, at time of hiring contract, that employee is not waiving right to bring common-law tort suits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).