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REGA v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 80-569-Appeal.

475 A.2d 213 (1984)

Robert REGA v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raul L. Lovett, Marc B. Gursky, Lovett & Linder, Ltd., Providence, for plaintiff; Lauren E. Jones, Providence, on brief.

Bruce Q. Morin, Quinn, Cuzzone & Geremia, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial of workers' compensation benefits. The fundamental question involved is whether a "nervous breakdown" suffered by the employee was a work-related personal injury. We conclude that it was and therefore reverse.

The evidence in this case is uncontradicted. Robert Rega worked for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation in the town of Portsmouth from 1950 until early July 1975. From 1950 to 1960...

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