AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION v. BENNY'S

No. 98-379-M.P.

740 A.2d 1265 (1999)

AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION v. BENNY'S, INC.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Izzo, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Denise M. Lombardo-Myers, for Defendant.

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


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This workers' compensation case calls upon us to construe a provision of the Workers' Compensation Act (the act), G.L.1956 § 28-34-8,1 concerning the liability of employers to pay for the total compensation benefits due to an employee disabled by an occupational disease. This statute requires such an employee to recover the total compensation due from...

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