Wood v. General Electric Co.

The plaintiff challenges a workmen’s compensation award made by the commissioner of labor. The plaintiff filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in this court after an appeal from the commissioner’s decision was dismissed by the superior court. The two issues raised by the writ are whether the plaintiff diligently filed the present petition, and whether loss of use of a specific body member because of pain caused by an industrial accident is compensable under RSA 281:26. For the reasons below, we grant plaintiff’s petition for a writ of certiorari as diligently filed and hold that loss of…