Bello v. Zavota Bros. Transportation Co.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

These consolidated petitions for certiora-ri seek review of a Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) decree. The commission approved and awarded payment to the employee’s companion who was providing necessary medical services pursuant to G.L.1956 (1979 Reenactment) §§ 28-33-5 and 28-33-8 of the Workers’ Compensation Act. The employer challenges the commission’s authority to render the award.- The employee challenges the method by which the commission calculated the award. We affirm.

Richard Bello, employee, filed a petition to review a 1979 decree in the Workers’…