Hughes v. Saco Casting Co., Inc.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is an employee’s appeal from a decree of the appellate division of the Workers’ Compensation Commission affirming the trial commissioner’s denial of the employee’s petition for compensation benefits, in which he alleged a total loss of earning capacity due to work-related injuries. Hereinafter we shall refer to the employee as Hughes and to his employer as Saco.

In his November 1979 petition for benefits, Hughes alleged that (1) he had injured himself when he slipped and fell on a wet floor as he was performing his chores as a tub-machine operator at Saco’s plant,…