Decarli v. Manchester Public Warehouse Co.

The commissioner awarded compensation to the claimant asi the dependent of Angelo DeCarli, who died as the result of an injury received while working for the respondents. It was agreed before the commissioner that the injury arose out of and in the course of the decedent’s employment, but the respondents claimed that compensation could not be awarded because the decedent fell within the exception from the Compensation Act of any employee “whose employment is of a casual nature, and who is employed otherwise than for the purposes of the employer’s trade or business”; General Statutes, §5388 as…