Cousineau v. ITT Royal Electric

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by an employee from a decree of the appellate commission denying and dismissing his petition seeking compensation benefits for a double hernia. We concur with the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s (commission) findings of fact and affirm the judgment of the appellate commission.

In his original petition, employee Roger Cousineau, claimed that he had suffered a hernia as a result of “handling” copper wheels, that is, lifting and rolling reels of copper wire as required by his employment as an intermediate wire operator at ITT Royal Electric.1 Although…