Lemoine v. Coby Glass Products Co.

This petition was brought in 1973 by an employee seeking $425 reimbursement from her employer under G. L. 1956, §28-33-5 1 for the cost of a wig she used for about a year to cover a bald spot on her scalp resulting from a 1968 industrial accident. A trial commissioner denied reimbursement on the twofold ground that she had not established the necessity of the wig to cure, rehabilitate, or relieve her from the effects of her injury and that a wig is not a medical, optical, dental, or surgical appliance or apparatus within the purview of §28-33-5. On appeal, the full commission rejected the…