Walsh-Kaiser Co. v. Della Morte

This is a petition for review by an employer under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act-, general laws 1938, chapter 300, to determine the extent of employee’s disability and the amount of compensation due him, if any. After a hearing in the superior court a decree was entered terminating compensation, whereupon the respondent duly prosecuted his appeal to this court.

The agreement originally provided for the payment of compensation for total incapacity due to injuries to respondent’s chest when, on April 21, 1945, he tripped and fell on a plank that he was carrying in the course…