Atwood v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the third district, while acting for and in place of the Commissioner of the fifth district, in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, J., which confirmed the award of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the defendant appealed.
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Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the third district, while acting for and in place of the Commissioner of the fifth district, in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, J., which confirmed the award of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the defendant appealed. On November 19th, 1919, J. Vincent Atwood was, and for twenty-six full calendar weeks prior thereto had been, in the employ of the defendant, and on said day received an injury arising out of and in the course of the employment,…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
Six of the nine assignments of error are the court’s denial of the several paragraphs of the defendant’s motion to correct the finding, and of its motion that the evidence taken before the commissioner be certified by him and made a part of the record. These motions should have been presented to the commissioner for his action, and in the event of their denial, error based thereon should have been incorporated in the reasons of appeal filed in the Superior Court. The practice in compensation cases is comparatively new, and for this reason, had the corrections asked for affected the decision…
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- Blanton v. Wheeler & Howes Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Gherardi v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
- McDonald v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
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