Jackson v. Berlin Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the second district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New London County, Greene, J., which sustained the appeal and modified the award of the Commissioner by crediting the defendant with the sum of $1,010 which it had paid to the injured employee during his lifetime, and from this judgment the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
Jackson, an employee of the Berlin Construction Company, received an injury on March 26th, 1914, consisting of a fracture of his right leg, which arose in the course of and out of his employment. A wound was produced by this injury; it did not heal and it became necessary to amputate the leg. As a result of these injuries he died on March 18th, 1916.
Jackson and the Construction Company entered into a voluntary agreement in accordance with the Compensation Act, duly approved by the Commissioner, under which Jackson received weekly payments, together with the medical, surgical and hospital…
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