Blount Marine Corp. v. Carreiro

This is an employee’s appeal from a decree of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission affirming the trial commissioner’s grant of the employer’s petition which sought to suspend its payment of weekly benefits for total incapacity.

Blount Marine Corporation (Blount Marine) specializes in the construction and repair of boats. It hired Carreiro as a carpenter. On October 19, 1971, he sustained a laceration to his left foot. A preliminary agreement was executed which called for the payment of total disability benefits. In early February 1972, Carreiro started work part time as a cabinetmaker for…