Coughlin v. Stamford Fire Dept.

JOHN COUGHLIN v. STAMFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT ET AL. (SC 20319) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js. Syllabus The named defendant, the Stamford Fire Department, appealed from the decision of the Compensation Review Board, which reversed the deci- sion of the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner denying the plaintiff’s claim for benefits under the statute (§ 7-433c) governing compensation for municipal police officers or firefighters with hypertension or heart disease. While employed as a firefighter, the plaintiff filed a claim for hypertension benefits…