Izzi v. Royal Electric Corp.

This is an employee’s petition to review a preliminary agreement under the workmen’s compensation act. It is before this court on the employee’s appeal from a decree of the full commission denying and dismissing her petition.

The facts in this case present a question of first impression in this state. The essential issue is whether a certain type of mattress described in the transcript as1 a “Sealy Posture Pedic, extra firm mattress” is an apparatus or appliance within the contemplation of the provisions of G. L. 1956, §28-33-5, as amended, the pertinent portions of which read as follows:

“The…