Decision  Rufus Darby v. City of Boston

Date:	11/17/2004
Organization:	Department of Industrial Accidents
Docket Number:	DIA Board No. 033161-00
Location:	Boston

• Employee: Rufus Darby
• Employer: City of Boston
• Self Insurer: City of Boston

HORAN, J. Rufus Darby's case sojourns to our shores once again, this time via the self-insurer's appeal of a second hearing decision issued following our prior recommittal. ¹

¹ See Darby v. City of Boston, 17 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 447 (2003)(case recommitted for judge to make definitive findings on the reasonableness and necessity of surgery at the C6-7 level, its causal relationship to the employee's work, and the extent of the employee's disability prior to any surgical procedure).