Ruggieri v. PEARSON CORPORATION

This is an employee’s petition to be reimbursed for expenses incurred by him while traveling from Florida to Rhode Island to submit to a medical examination ordered by the commission under the provisions of G. L. 1956, §28-33-34, as amended. After a hearing on the petition, the trial commissioner found that the workman’s compensation commission “* '* * is without authority to order the respondent to reimburse the petitioner for any expenses incurred in travelling to and from a physical examination ordered at the request of the respondent” and denied and dismissed the petition. On the…