Martin v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

506 A.2d 1365 (1986)

Paul B. MARTIN

v.

RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

No. 83-438-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 28, 1986.

Robert W. Smith, Gunning LaFazia & Gnys, Inc., Providence, for plaintiff.

Seth Bowerman/Kirk Hanson, Hanson, Curran & Parks, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on appeal from a final decree of the appellate commission denying compensation to Paul B. Martin (employee). He had claimed a compensable injury allegedly sustained in September of 1980 as a result of job-related stress. The commission found that the…