Stone v. State

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case involves an appeal by Alvin Stone (employee) challenging a decree of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) that failed to award him a counsel fee. The sole issue before this court evolved from the following facts.

On January 7, 1982, the employee, while during the course of his employment as a manual instructor at the Ladd School, sustained a back injury when he attempted to restrain a patient. Pursuant to this mishap, on January 23, 1982, the employee entered into a preliminary agreement for workers’ compensation benefits with the State of Rhode…