City of Pawtucket v. Pimental

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

We issued a writ of certiorari to review a decision by the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Court (Appellate Division) upholding the reduction of Michael Pimental’s workers’ compensation benefits under G.L. 1956 § 28-33-18(b). 1 The Appellate Division affirmed the trial judge’s ruling that the partially incapacitated employee’s refusal to undergo surgery that had a reasonable likelihood of improving his condition was an insufficient reason for forestalling a “maximum medical improvement” (MMI) determination and the attendant reduction of…