Volpe v. Stillman White Co.

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

The petitioner Gary Volpe appeals from denial of his workers’ compensation claim under G.L.1956 (1968 Reenactment) § 28-33-19(n)(2) * for permanent disfigurement of his left foot. He claims that the Workers’ Compensation Commission denied benefits erroneously, because it did not construe the word “leg” as used in the disfigurement-compensation statute to include the foot.

The facts underlying petitioner’s claim are undisputed. On June 2, 1976, petitioner sustained third degree burns when molten metal spilled on his left foot. As a result, three toes had to be amputated…