{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-152-7b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 7B","heading":"Admissibility of, or reference to, statement given insurer or self-insurer by claimant or in his behalf","body":"Section 7B. In any claim for compensation by an employee, which is denied by an insurer or self-insurer, no statement in writing signed by the claimant, or statement taken on a recording instrument, concerning the facts out of which the claim arose, given by such claimant, or a person in his behalf, to such insurer or self-insurer, or to an agent or attorney of such insurer or self-insurer, shall be admissible in evidence or referred to at the hearing of any such claim, or in any proceeding connected therewith, unless a copy of such statement or verbatim written transcript of such recorded statement has been furnished to the claimant, or to a person acting in his behalf, or to his attorney, within ten days after a written request therefor.","path":["Part I","Title XXI","Chapter 152"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter152/Section7B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:34Z","sha256":"beadd910ce9fd711cc41ac24b86d5b24ca8ffde997757c79e3ae205c59aeca16","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-152-7a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-152-7c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}