Donahue v. Washburn Wire Co.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an employee’s appeal from the denial by the Workers’ Compensation Commission of his petition for disfigurement benefits arising under G.L.1956 (1979 Reenactment) § 28-33-19(n)(2). 1 The record reveals that on June 18, 1975, Donahue suf fered severe second- and third-degree burns on his hands and right leg while handling a hot steel bar. The leg injury eventually necessitated skin-graft surgery, which was performed by Dr. Richard L. Testa on August 20 and 21, 1975. The employee was under Dr. Testa’s care for this condition through November 26, 1975,…