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jMass. Supreme Court Rules 'Student Nurses Workmenr iPiVerdict Rendered in Case Involving Mrs.Barbara Brewer of Lowell General Staffat \(: riat!of {]BOSTON, April 11- The fullbench nf I bn Massachusetts 5- u -prrme judicial court today classified student nurses as ''workmen or laborers/'In a rn.se involving Ok* Lowell General hospital, the rourl, fi«r the first lime, ruled I hat student nurses me employees and hs such, arc entilled to workmens rompc nsat ion pnymenls for in-juries received while working. ..... S349.28The decision, writ ten by Jus-iiee John V. Spaulding, upheld a flaim of Mrs. Barbara Musscn Brewer. 26. Ilia! she was entitled in 19.28 for a halt;*k injury she iTL-eivr rl in Maroll 19IM while a student nurse at the hospital.According lo the papers in I nr tasn. Mrs. Brewer suffered a ruptured disc while moving a patient niirl was unahlc to work for various periods of time after she he“The question Miidem nurse iof whether ai S(rt?i employee’ |KK]^; within I ho term?! of The Work-;, , 'mm's Compensation Act. is one: c 0 |nf ihe fi:si impressions in this• Skill common wealth” tin* court said, licul I In lisilr.g Mrs. [h ewer's duties.\ jnsj j 11he court pointed nut that in ndrii-j j lion lo atloinling classes, .she wa.sj01lo work regular shift si E(1\VI obligedjanci while working was nutter 11 ho dired ion and control of a (supervisory employee of the bos-‘ pi in).obsc offic a IanAiWe are nf the opinion thor Industrial Accident Board did not; f b*Ccame a registered nurse.err in the conclusion the claim-[wereant was an employee/' 1 hr court said.In addition tn [wing an employee. (he rourl said thai Mrs. H]ewer as a student nurse, mustbommirl-IlH'llisafe!fall i i ,under the classification of labor-jin or*; Aor. workman nr medianic Her lo he insurer I hy I I:r hospital IPSSrim 11mii-ii o#i 'V««-r|*-r^o I 1 t ^ .........................—Menli .j.. i r i. il ij parti
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Lowell Sun
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Apr 11, 1957
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