Deignan v. Cowan Plastic Products Corp.

This is an original petition under the workmen’s compensation act. It is before this court on an appeal by the respondent employer from a decree of the commission affirming a decree of the trial commissioner awarding double compensation benefits to the employee under G. L. 1956, §28-33-22.

In pertinent part that section provides that: “If, at the time of the injury, the employee injured is a minor employed in violation of any laws of this state or of the United States relating to 'the employment of minors, then the compensation payable shall be two (2) times the amount which would have been…