Fiarenzo v. Richards & Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner for the fourth district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Haines, J., which affirmed the action of the Commissioner, from which the defendant appealed. This is an appeal from the doings of the Compensation Commissioner in awarding compensation to the widow of one Fiarenzo for his death while in the employment of Richards & Company, the defendant.
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Appeal from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner for the fourth district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Haines, J., which affirmed the action of the Commissioner, from which the defendant appealed. This is an appeal from the doings of the Compensation Commissioner in awarding compensation to the widow of one Fiarenzo for his death while in the employment of Richards & Company, the defendant. The material facts are set forth in the finding and, so far as involved in the appeal, are these: Fiarenzo was employed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
This is an appeal from the action of the Superior Court confirming an award of the Compensation Commissioner. There are six reasons of appeal upon the record, but as the appellant says in its brief, they state only two distinct reasons which are pressed: first, that the Commissioner and the court erred in holding that the injury to Fiarenzo arose out of his employment; second, in not holding that Fiarenzo was guilty of serious and wilful misconduct within the meaning of the Act.
The defendant admits that Fiarenzo’s injury was received while “in the course of” his employment, but denies that it…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Larke v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Mann v. Glastonbury Knitting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Smith v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Horn v. ArnettSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1917
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- Reid v. Automatic Electric Washer Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. HoageCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
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