Ruggiero v. City of Providence

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

This case comes before this Court pursuant to a petition for certiorari 1 filed by the petitioner, Camille Ruggiero. The petitioner seeks review of a decree of the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Court that affirmed a trial judge’s denial of her request to discontinue her workers’ compensation benefits. The Appellate Division held that the Workers’ Compensation Court did not have the authority under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the act) 2 to grant Ms. Ruggiero’s request to discontinue her workers’ compensation benefits absent evidence…