McDonald v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by both parties from the rulings of the Compensation Commissioner of the third district in refusing compensation to the plaintiff, taken to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Warner, J., upon the findings of the Commissioner, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
McDonald, the deceased husband of the claimant, was a fireman regularly appointed, under the provisions of the charter of the City of New Haven, as a member of its fire department. "While discharging his duties in endeavoring to extinguish a fire he received a sudden drenching with water, and this drenching arose out of and in the course of the discharge of his duties as fireman. The drenching so received caused lobar pneumonia, and from this disease McDonald died, eleven days after the drenching. McDonald’s surviving wife makes claim under the Compensation Act against the City as a dependent…
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