| Date: | 11/01/2000 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board Nos. 033611-87, 052871-97 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: John Handren
- Employer: Suffolk County Sheriff Dept.
- Self Insurer: City of Boston
LEVINE, J. The employee appeals from a decision in which an administrative judge concluded, as a matter of law, that the employee had not sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, when he experienced a mental disability related to handouts attacking his fitness to be a union official. Under the circumstances of this case, we consider that the union election activity causing the disability was an incident of the employment. As such, liability for the employee’s injury has been established. We reverse the decision, and recommit the case for further findings on G.L. c. 152, §1(7A) , causal relationship and the extent of incapacity.