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Steele v. Darlington Fabrics Corp.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 15, 1951No. Eq. No. 2074PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCondon, J.

This petition is entitled a petition to review an agreement for compensation under the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300, but in effect *273it is a petition under article II, §12, of that act, as amended, for specific compensation for the loss of use of petitioner’s right arm allegedly because of stiffness caused by a compensable accident. Without objection, the trial justice so treated it and we shall do likewise.

After a hearing in the superior court, he expressly found that petitioner’s right arm was rendered stiff at the elbow joint but that no portion of it was “stiff…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Meley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  2. Floccher's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Walker v. Industrial CommissionOhio Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Coletta v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1970
  3. Jones v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
  4. Molony & Rubien Construction Co. v. SegrellaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
  5. Thompson v. Coats & Clark, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1969

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