Card v. Lloyd Manufacturing Co.

This is a dependent’s petition for compensation under the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300, article II, §6, as amended by public laws 1942, chap. 1246. From a decree of the superior court denying and dismissing the petition, petitioner has appealed to this court.

The appeal raises the following question: Is a finding of causal connection in a final decree in an employee’s proceeding for compensation res judicata of the same issue in a dependent’s proceeding for compensation after the employee’s death? At the hearing in the superior court the trial justice ruled that…