BILLINGTON v. FAIRMOUNT FOUNDRY

No. 98-185-M.P.

724 A.2d 1012 (1999)

John BILLINGTON (Joanne Seeker as Natural Guardian and Next Friend of Sarah Lorelei Billington, Sole Dependent of John Billington) v. FAIRMOUNT FOUNDRY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Harnett, Providence, for plaintiff.

Peter S. Haydon, East Greenwich, for defendant.

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


OPINION

GOLDBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on a petition for certiorari filed by the employer, Fairmount Foundry (Fairmount), from a final decree of the Workers' Compensation Court Appellate Division (Appellate Division), which affirmed the trial judge's decision to award an annual four percent cost of living increase in weekly compensation benefits to a dependent child of a deceased Fairmount worker. For the reasons that follow, we...

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