Legal Opinion
Spikes v. State
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 12, 1983No. 81-339-AppealPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by the petitioner, James Spikes, from a decree of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (the commission) denying his petition for compensation. 1 The petitioner sustained injuries while perform- mg labor on a “work assignment” at the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI) pursuant to G.L.1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 42-56-21. 2 The commission denied him compensation on the basis that he was not an “employee” of the state. See G.L.1956 (1979 Reenactment) § 28-29-2(b). The petitioner appeals.
The facts are undisputed. The petitioner was an inmate at…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- DeNardo v. Fairmount Foundries Cranston, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
- Watson v. Industrial CommissionArizona Supreme Court · 1966
- Bottomley v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
- DiRaimo v. DiRaimoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
- Keeney v. Industrial CommissionCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1975
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3Cited by13 opinions
- RI Council 94, Afscme, Afl-Cio v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
- Gaines v. Senior Citizens Trans., Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
- Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals v. R.B.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
- Martin v. Rhode Island Public Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
- Porter v. Department of CorrectionsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
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