LOMBARDO v. ATKINSON-KIEWIT

No. 98-103-M.P.

746 A.2d 679 (2000)

Alfred LOMBARDO v. ATKINSON-KIEWIT.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo T. Conte, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Denise M. Lombardo-Myers, Providence, Elaine D. Giannini, for Defendant.

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


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This workers' compensation case concerns the modern status of the so-called odd-lot doctrine.1 Traditionally, permanently but only partially disabled employees were nevertheless entitled to recover total-disability benefits if, in light of their dimmed employment prospects after suffering a work-related injury, they were deemed unable to perform their regular job or any alternative employment. Such...

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