Legal Opinion
Barrette v. Travelers Insurance
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided July 10, 1968No. File 153665PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrillo, J.
The issue via demurrer raised by this litigation is one of initial impression in the state courts of Connecticut and raises the question: Can an employee injured in the course of his employment institute a common-law action in negligence against the workmen’s compensation insurance carrier of his employer?
These proceedings are instituted by Sinai Barrette, who was injured on November 8, 1966, at the Two Rivers Dyeing Company in Danielson, Connecticut, in an accident arising in the course of and out of his employment. Succinctly stated, the suit charges negligence in the failure of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dean v. HershowitzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Taylor v. KeefeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- Bernard Kotarski, Special Administrator of the Estate of Frederick E. Gutowski, Deceased v. Aetna Casualty and Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Town of West Hartford v. Thomas D. Faulkner Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Mercier v. American Refractories & Crucible CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Kifer v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Salvatore J. Bartolotta v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Robert Pettersen v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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- Van Biene v. ERA Helicopters, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1989
- Latour v. Commercial Union InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1981
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