GENERAL ROAD TRUCKING CORPORATION v. PINA

No. 1486-Appeal.

289 A.2d 425 (1972)

GENERAL ROAD TRUCKING CORPORATION v. Bernardino PINA.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Harold E. Adams, Jr., in behalf of petitioner-appellee.

Abedon, Michaelson, Stanzler & Biener, Richard A. Skolnik, in behalf of respondent-appellant.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

The single issue raised in this employee's appeal from a decree of the Workmen's Compensation Commission is whether the full commission erred when it affirmed the trial commissioner's denial of the employee's request for a counsel fee and the cost of a transcript.

The employee worked as a truck driver. On May 5, 1969, he injured his back when he fell off the vehicle. Subsequently, the parties executed a preliminary agreement...

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