Savaria v. DiSano

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The employee sustained a work-related injury in 1963 and is presently receiving weekly compensation benefits for total incapacity from the second injury indemnity fund. Relying on G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-33-5, 2 he now seeks to be provided with an electric wheelchair and an automatic lift or elevator. A trial commissioner granted the first request, but denied the second. The employee appealed, the full commission affirmed, and the employee has now appealed to this court.

The relevant facts are few and undisputed. As a direct result of his 1963…