Grover v. Town of Manchester

The issues raised by these two reservations, one from the Superior Court and one from the Court of Common Pleas under the same name, are identical and involve the constitutionality of § 7-433c of the General Statutes entitled “Benefits for policemen or firemen disabled or dead as a result of hypertension or heart disease.”

The relevant facts, as stipulated by the parties, are as follows: The plaintiff, Muriel Grover, is a dependent of Leo Grover, hereafter Grover, who died on September 7, 1971, from a coronary occlusion and who, at the time of his death, was employed as a regular paid member…