Orthopedic Specialists, Inc. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, a professional medical corporation named Orthopedic Specialists, Inc., from a decree of the full Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying the plaintiff s claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-35-32 for counsel and witness fees incurred by the plaintiff in successfully prosecuting its petition under §28-33-8 of the Act for payment for reasonable medical services rendered to an injured employee of the defendant employer, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc.

On April 30, 1969, Sharon A. Lewis, an employee of…