Legal Opinion

Dawson v. a & H MFG. CO.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided August 5, 1983No. 81-1-AppealPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a final decree of the appellate commission denying compensation to the petitioner for incapacity arising out of a bee sting. We affirm. The facts of the case as found by the trial commissioner are as follows.

Kenneth Dawson (employee) was employed by A & H Mfg. Co. (employer) as a stock boy for a period of approximately four months. Sometime in October of 1977 he left his workplace on the fourth floor and went downstairs to obtain a cup of coffee. In the course of returning to the fourth floor to eat his lunch, he was stung by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. DeNardo v. Fairmount Foundries Cranston, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  2. Beauchesne v. David London & Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
  3. Knowlton v. Porter Trucking Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
  4. Travelers Insurance Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. Corry v. Commissioned Officers' Mess (Open)Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1951

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gaines v. Senior Citizens Trans., Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
  2. Minter v. Osborne Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997
  3. Shola v. Dworkin Construction Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
  4. Maggiacomo v. Rhode Island Public Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
  5. Paul Ellis v. Verizon New England, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2013

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