San Antonio v. Al Izzi's Motor Sales, Inc.

This is an employer’s appeal from a decree of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission affirming the trial commissioner’s award of compensation benefits to the employee for total and partial incapacity.

Ralph San Antonio is a multi-talented artisan. He can work as a carpenter, a mason, a glazier or a painter. He entered the employ of Al Izzi’s Motor Sales, Inc. in January, 1969. The automobile agency is located in West Warwick. Ralph testified that he was hired as a carpenter, cabinetmaker and house builder. Albert N. Izzi, Jr., the agency’s president-treasurer and manager, told the trial…