Carpenter v. Globe Indemnity Co.

This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act in which the petitioner, an injured employee, sought to have the respondent insurer of his employer ordered to continue certain weekly payments of compensation in accordance with the terms of a preliminary agreement, entered into between him and his employer with the approval of the director of labor, as provided by that act. G. L. 1938, c. 300, art. Ill, § 1.

The proceeding was commenced in the office of the director of labor, who, after a hearing, decided in favor of the petitioner. A decree was duly entered on that decision and the…