Rainey v. Tunnel Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the third district acting for the Commissioner of the first district, in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Case, J.; the court found error in the award and set it aside, and from this judgment the plaintiff appealed. The Commissioner found the following facts among others.
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Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the third district acting for the Commissioner of the first district, in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Case, J.; the court found error in the award and set it aside, and from this judgment the plaintiff appealed. The Commissioner found the following facts among others. On December 27th, 1917, the plaintiff, while employed in unloading bags of coal from the defendant’s wagon, froze the fingers of both hands. He notified his employer the next morning, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The ruling of the Superior Court, that compensation should have been denied because the plaintiff’s condition was due to his own neglect to accept or provide medical service until about two weeks after the injury, is erroneous, for the reason that the statute itself provides that the penalty for such neglect shall be a suspension of all right of compensation “ during such refusal or failure.” General Statutes, § 5347. Possibly an employee’s refusal to accept or failure to provide medical treatment, might be carried to such an extent as to amount to wilful and serious misconduct, which, by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Powers v. Hotel Bond Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Kennerson v. Thames Towboat Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Swanson v. LathamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
- Thompson v. TwissSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Blanton v. Wheeler & Howes Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
3Cited by13 opinions
- Lanyon v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation ActSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Leszczymski v. Andrew Radel Oyster Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Atwood v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- Rossi v. Thomas F. Jackson Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Glenn v. Stop & Shop, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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