Legal Opinion
Young v. General Dynamics
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 19, 1985No. 82-399-AppealPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying the employee’s original petition for compensation on the ground that it had not been filed within the statutory period set forth in G.L.1956 (1979 Reenactment) §'28-35-57.1
The facts are not in dispute. The petitioner was employed by respondent as a welder. On March 3, 1976, he suffered a back injury. He received benefits under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), commencing on the date of injury and continuing until May 8,1980, when payments were…
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