Mercantum Farm Corp. v. Dutra

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court pursuant to the employer’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission granting the employee benefits. We affirm. The facts of this appeal are as follows.

John F. Dutra (employee or Dutra) filed an original petition with the Workers’ Compensation Commission, alleging incapacity attributable to an injury on February 20, 1985. He alleged that he was a “laborer” on a “farm” and sustained injuries to his face and wrist when he fell from a three-wheel motorcycle he was riding in…