Angolano v. City of South Burlington

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry denying his claim *133for permanent partial disability compensation and medical and hospital benefits. 21 Y.S.A. § 672. Pursuant to § 672, the Commissioner certified five questions for our review, but because our ruling on the first question is dispositive of this appeal, it is not necessary to list the others. The first question is:

Did the Commissioner err in ruling that, as a matter of law, the employee could not recover in this proceeding for injuries incurred in the course of employment prior to March…