Beaulieu v. Francis Bernard, Inc.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Employee Adelard Beaulieu appeals from a pro forma decree of the Superior Court affirming an order of the Industrial Accident Commission 1 dismissing appellant’s petition for further compensation. Employee contends that the commissioner applied an improper rule of law in finding that the amputation of his leg was not causally related to an injury he sustained in the course of his employment, and requests that total compensation be awarded beyond May 26, 1976, the date of the amputation.

We sustain the appeal.

On April 3, 1974, Beaulieu accidently cut his left leg with a…