Legal Opinion
Labadie v. Norwalk Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 3, 2004No. AC 24353PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DRANGINIS, J.
The issue in this workers’ compensation appeal is whether a home health care worker whose employer required her to travel to the homes of its clients sustained a compensable injury when she was struck by a motor vehicle as she crossed a street en route to her first assignment of the day. We conclude that because travel was indispensable to the service provided by the home health care employer, the plaintiffs injury was compensable. We reverse the decision of the workers’ compensation review board (board).
The plaintiff, Rose Labadie, a certified nursing assistant-home…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Olsten Kimberly Quality Care v. PetteySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- McNamara v. Town of HamdenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Lake v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
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3Cited by6 opinions
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