Legal Opinion
Ducharme v. City of Putnam
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 20, 1971PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, J.
The controlling issue on this appeal is a narrow one and the facts are not disputed. The plaintiff was a regular member of the paid police department of the city of Putnam and as a condition for that employment had in 1963 successfully passed a physical examination which failed to reveal any evidence of any condition or impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease. In August, 1969, while in the course of his employment as a police officer, the plaintiff sustained an anterior myocardial infarction because of a coronary occlusion and as a result has been totally incapacitated.…
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