Capobianco v. United Wire & Supply Corp.

This is a petition under the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1938, chapter 300, article III, §1, to reform a previously approved preliminary agree ment for compensation on the ground that such agreement had been procured through fraud and coercion. The case is here on the employee’s appeal from a decree of the superior court denying and dismissing the petition for want of prosecution. Since the rights of the two named respondents are the same, we will hereinafter refer to them collectively as the respondent.

The background for the proceedings in the instant case may be found in…