ROY v. PROVIDENCE METALIZING CO.

No. 77-151-Appeal.

381 A.2d 1051 (1978)

Ronald ROY v. PROVIDENCE METALIZING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lovett & Linder, Ltd., Raul L. Lovett, Providence, for petitioner.

Eldridge H. Henning, Jr., Providence, for respondent.


OPINION

DORIS, Justice.

This is an employer's appeal from a final decree of the Workmen's Compensation Commission enforcing a compensation agreement between the parties. The employer unilaterally terminated payments under the agreement upon learning that the employee had received a substantial settlement in a malpractice suit against a physician and hospital involved in the treatment of his injury.

The petitioner, Ronald Roy, sustained a back injury...

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