Baccari v. W. T. Grant Co.

This is an original petition for compensation under the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300. From an adverse decision by the director of labor, the petitioner appealed to the superior court, where, after a hearing de novo, a decree was entered denying her relief. The case is before us on her appeal from that decree.

The petitioner, who was the mother of three small children, the youngest only a few months old, began working for the respondent at about 10 a.m. on December 7, 1946, as a saleslady selling Christmas cards. In accordance with the company's custom she left her…