Case Name: Benedetto Tartaglia vs. Lorenzo Deacutis
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1927-11-05
Citations: 4 R.I. Dec. 41
Docket Number: W. C. A. No. 777
Parties: Benedetto Tartaglia vs. Lorenzo Deacutis
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Decisions
Volume: 4
Pages: 41–41

Head Matter:
Benedetto Tartaglia vs. Lorenzo Deacutis
W. C. A. No. 777
November 5, 1927.
For petitioner: A. L. Conaty.
For respondent: F. J. McOsker.

Opinion:
TANNER, P. J.
This is a Workmen's Compensation ease in which the defence was that there was no accident since the workman sprained his shoulder by' lifting a wheelbarrow with a heavy load.
We think under the authorities that this was an accident.
1st Hunnold, W. C. A. eases, p. 281;
Walsh vs. River Spinning Co., 41 R. I. 490.