Cruso v. Yellow Cab Co. of Providence

This is an original petition for compensation brought by an employee against his employer under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300. From the entry of a decree in the superior court denying and dismissing the petition an appeal to this court was duly taken by the petitioner.

He alleged in his petition that he was a cab driver for the respondent company; that on March 23, 1952 he received an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment because of “Continuous jarring and bounding around while shifting clutch and driving cabs” and that…