Salvatore J. Bartolotta v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Robert Pettersen v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, William H. Timbers, Chief Judge, 276 F.Supp. 66, dismissing two actions brought pursuant to the third-party liability provision of the Connecticut Workmen’s Compensation Act. 1 That provision allows an injured employee to accept workmen’s compensation benefits and at the same time bring a common law tort action against the third party responsible for the injury, provided only that the negligent party is “someone other than the employer.” 2 Our question is…