Gherardi v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Burpee, J.; the court confirmed the award and dismissed the appeal, and from this judgment the defendant appealed.
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Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Burpee, J.; the court confirmed the award and dismissed the appeal, and from this judgment the defendant appealed. December 26th, 1915, Joseph Gherardi, a long-time employee of the defendant as a lineman, while engaged in his work, was, after an unusually strenuous day’s exertion in the repair of its lines and poles thrown into disorder by a severe snow and wind storm, seized by what the Compensation…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The Compensation Commissioner, with evident hesitation, held that this claimant was, at the time of his father’s death, a partial dependent of the latter, and awarded him compensation accordingly. This conclusion and award appear to have been largely, if not entirely, controlled by the fact that the son had been from time to time in receipt of financial aid from his father, and that, brought up as he had been, he had become accustomed to rely upon such contributions for his maintenance.
The customary receipt of financial assistance from another, although supplying a welcome and helpful aid to…
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