Suffoletta v. Hall

This is a petition for the payment of dependency benefits from the second injury indemnity fund as provided for in G. L. 1956, §28-37-10, as amended. From a decree of the workmen’s compensation commission affirming the decree of a trial commissioner awarding payment of such benefits, the respondent director of labor has prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The claim for such payments was submitted to the director of labor and disallowed on the ground that “* * * petitioner was not receiving total disability compensation at the time his Temporary Disability Insurance benefits ceased.” The cause…