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WALKER'S CASE

443 Mass. 157 (2004)

STANLEY E. WALKER'S CASE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Moretti for the employee.

Kathleen A. Moore-Kocot for the employer.

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

MARSHALL, C.J.

Is an employee who suffers permanent losses of bodily functions and disfigurement due to a work-related injury involving brain damage, but who survives his injury, entitled to benefits under the "specific injuries" provision of the Workers' Compensation Act (act), G. L. c. 152, § 36, or are his benefits limited by G. L. c. 152, § 36A, which provides among other things for specific compensation for "an injury involving brain damage?" The question...

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