Driscoll v. Jewell Belting Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendants from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County (Maltbie, J.), which affirmed the award of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the defendants appealed. On March 11th, 1920, and for several months prior thereto, a contract of employment had been in force between Randall, the deceased, and the Jewell Belting Company.
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Appeal by the defendants from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County (Maltbie, J.), which affirmed the award of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the defendants appealed. On March 11th, 1920, and for several months prior thereto, a contract of employment had been in force between Randall, the deceased, and the Jewell Belting Company. Both parties were subject to the provisions of our Workmen’s Compensation Act, and the Belting Company had complied with the insurance provisions…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The commissioner found that the plaintiff was a dependent of the decedent, her deceased brother, and that his decease was due to pneumonia resulting from a traumatism arising out of and in the course of his employment with the defendant Belting Company.
The Superior Court dismissed the defendants’ appeal from the award, and their appeal from that judgment raises two questions: (1) Was the conclusion of the commissioner that a causal connection existed between the traumatism and the pneumonia so unreasonable as to constitute legal error? (2) Was the claimant, a widowed sister of the decedent, a…
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