Waterman v. Caprio

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG, for the Court.

This case comes before us on the plaintiffs appeal from summary judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the defendants, Frank Caprio and Frank J. Karpinski (defendants), in their capacities as Rhode Island state treasurer and as executive director of the Rhode Island Employees Retirement System, respectively. The plaintiff, George Waterman (plaintiff), argues three issues on appeal. First, he alleges that the defendants misapplied G.L. 1956 § 36-10-31 in conjunction with G.L. 1956 § 28-33-25.1, and that he is entitled to workers’ compensation…