Rastella v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

229 A.2d 43 (1967)

John A. RASTELLA

v.

STATE of Rhode Island DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Eq. No. 3274.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 21, 1967.

Raymond J. Surdut, Providence, for petitioner.

Herbert F. DeSimone, Atty. Gen., Charles G. Edwards, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for State, for respondent.

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This is an employee's original petition for compensation for incapacity alleged to have resulted from illness due to an injury sustained in January 1952 while in the employ of the respondent. The cause is in this court on the petitioner's appeal from a final decree of the full…