LaFazia v. Connecticut Seafood Producers, Inc.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation dispute. On June 28, 1984, Jane LaFazia (Jane) was employed as the bookkeeper in charge of payroll at the Providence plant of Connecticut Seafood Producers, Inc. (Connecticut). Sometime during that day Jane was struck by an errant fork lift as she was walking along a loading dock on the way to her upstairs office. The fork-lift operator was unloading fish from a large trailer truck. Jane sustained injuries to her back, left leg, and pelvis as a result of being pinned against a wall. She received workers’ compensation benefits directly…