Simmons v. Holcomb
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the plaintiff from the refusal of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district to award him compensation because no written notice of his claim had been served upon the defendant within one year from the date of the injury, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Hinman, J the court dismissed the appeal and confirmed the decision of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the plaintiff appealed. No error.
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Appeal by the plaintiff from the refusal of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district to award him compensation because no written notice of his claim had been served upon the defendant within one year from the date of the injury, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Hinman, J the court dismissed the appeal and confirmed the decision of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the plaintiff appealed. No error. On September 19th, 1919, the plaintiff, who was employed by defendant, sustained an injury to his leg arising out of and in the course of his…
1Opinion of the CourtKeeler, J.
The soundness of the plaintiff’s contention above stated, depends upon the construction of General Statutes, § 5360, the amendment of 1919 having no relation to the point now under discussion. The parts of § 5360 material to the matter before us are as follows: “Sec. 5360. Claims for compensation. No proceedings for compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall be maintained unless a written notice of claim for compensation is made within one year from the date of injury . . . ; but where there has been a hearing or a written request for a hearing or an assignment for hearing within…
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- Radezky v. Sargent & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Crocker v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Schmidt v. O. K. Baking Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Forbes v. Town of SuffieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
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