Miller v. American Steel & Wire Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the respondent from an award of the Compensation Commissioner for the third district, taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, J., where the award of the commissioner was confirmed proforma and judgment entered accordingly, from which the respondent appealed.
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Appeal by the respondent from an award of the Compensation Commissioner for the third district, taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, J., where the award of the commissioner was confirmed proforma and judgment entered accordingly, from which the respondent appealed. It appears from the finding of the commissioner that the claimant, on or about March 26th, 1915, and for some time prior thereto, had been in the employ of the respondent at New Haven, and about said date received at New Haven an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, which injury consisted in…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
An examination of the finding, in the light of the commissioner’s memorandum of decision, convinces us that for the purposes of this appeal we must assume that the claimant’s incapacity resulted from a gradual process of lead poisoning arising out of the claimant’s employment; that it cannot be traced to any fortuitous or unexpected event which can be located in point of time and place; and that it is not the result of a lesion produced by external violence or internal strain. The record, therefore, does not present the question whether our Workmen’s Compensation Act gives compensation for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Powers v. Hotel Bond Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Adams v. Acme White Lead & Color WorksMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Hurle's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Johnson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
3Cited by32 opinions
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Crochiere v. Board of Education of Town of EnfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Madore v. New Departure Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Tintic Milling Co. v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1922
- Maggelet's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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