RISON v. AIR FILTER SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 95-510-M.P.

707 A.2d 675 (1998)

James RISON III v. AIR FILTER SYSTEMS, INC.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Patrick Healy, Brian T. Burns, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Tedford Radway, Cranston, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This is a worker's compensation case in which we confront the following issue: How does an employee's settlement of a third-party tort claim arising out of his work related injuries affect the employee's ability to obtain a workers' compensation award for his disfigurement and bodily loss of use?

This question comes before us on a petition for certiorari seeking review of a decision by a panel of the Workers...

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