Legal Opinion
Mingachos v. CBS, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 30, 1985No. 11968PublishedCited by 619 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
This appeal calls into issue the exclusivity of the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Act, General Statutes §§ 31-275 through 31-355.
On October 30,1979, Frank Mingachos (the decedent) sustained injuries from an explosion while working on the Danbury premises of his employer, the named defendant, CBS, Inc. (CBS). On November 29, 1979, he died as a result of those injuries. On June 3, 1981, the plaintiff, Marcelino Mingachos, as administrator of *93the decedent’s estate, instituted an action in three counts seeking compensatory and punitive damages against CBS and several individual fellow…
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