Hanley v. Westminster Motors, Inc.

This is a petition brought by an employee .against his employer to review a preliminary agreement entered into by the parties under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300. After a hearing in the superior court the trial justice entered a decree awarding compensation and medical expenses to the petitioner and the respondent has duly prosecuted its appeal to this court.

Referred to chronologically and briefly, the evidence discloses among other things the following facts. In 1942 while working, petitioner fell an appreciable distance and suffered a…