Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc. v. Champness

This is a petition under the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300, by the employer and its insurance carrier, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner, to review an agreement between the parties, duly approved by the director of labor, which agreement provided for the payment to the respondent of $20 a week for total incapacity resulting from injury by accident in the course of his employment. The cause is before us on respondent’s appeal from the entry in the superior court of a decree finding partial incapacity and ordering that compensation be paid at the rate of $10…