Martone v. State of Rhode Island/Registry of Motor Vehicles

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

In this case the petitioner, State of Rhode Island, Registry of Motor Vehicles (the state), has petitioned the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari to request a review of a final decree of the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Court. In that decree the Appellate Division reversed the decree of the trial judge who had denied workers’ compensation benefits to the employee. We quash the decree of the Appellate Division and remand the case to the Workers’ Compensation Court for entry of a final decree affirming the trial judge.

The events giving rise to this…