Glodenis v. American Brass Co.

This case was heard by the commissioner of the second compensation district acting for the commissioner of the fifth compensation district, who held himself disqualified. The acting commissioner found that the plaintiff was permanently and totally incapacitated by reason of lead poisoning resulting from his employment by the defendant as a caster in its factory at Waterbury and awarded him compensation. The defendant appealed to the Superior Court, assigning as reasons that the acting commissioner erred in refusing to consider himself disqualified, and in finding that the plaintiff was…