Legal Opinion

Schmidt v. O. K. Baking Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 15, 1916PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal by the claimant from the refusal of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district to award him compensation for injuries to him arising out of and in the course of his employment by the respondent, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County (Tuttle,«/.), which found that the commissioner had committed no error in the application of the legal principles pertinent to the cause, and dismissed the appeal, from which the claimant appealed.

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Appeal by the claimant from the refusal of the Compensation Commissioner of the first district to award him compensation for injuries to him arising out of and in the course of his employment by the respondent, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County (Tuttle,«/.), which found that the commissioner had committed no error in the application of the legal principles pertinent to the cause, and dismissed the appeal, from which the claimant appealed. The finding and award of the compensation commissioner under review show's that on September 15th, 1914, the claimant, while…

1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.

No question was, or is, made as to the claimant’s right to compensation, save such as arises from his delay in giving notice to his employer of his injuries, and it was for reasons growing out of that delay that his claim was disallowed by the compensation commissioner and the appeal from such disallowance dismissed by the Superior Court.

Preliminary to passing upon the question thus presented, as to the consequences attached to the delay in the giving of notice to the employer, it becomes necessary to determine whether the provisions of § 21 of chapter 138 of the Public Acts of 1913, p. 1743,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Powers v. Hotel Bond Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
  2. Sibley v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. General Motors Corporation v. MulquinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
  2. Bates & Rogers Construction Co. v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
  3. Bahre v. HogbloomSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  4. Gauthier's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1921
  5. Stulginski v. CizauskasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939

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