Franko v. William Schollhorn Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendants from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the third district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case, J., for the advice of this court.
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Appeal by the defendants from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the third district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case, J., for the advice of this court. The plaintiff and the defendant employer were subject to the provisions of Part B of Chapter 138 of the Public Acts of 1913,' as amended by Chapter 288 of the Public Acts of 1915. The plaintiff, on February 7th, 1917, while in the employment of the defendant, suffered a laceration of the first finger of the right hand, which injury arose out of and in the…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The question for decision is one of statutory construction. Compensation Acts of other States differ as a rule from our Act in those provisions which affect the question at issue. .Comparison of these with those of our Act will not aid us in the interpretation of our Act; and the decisions under these Acts will be of little help. The Acts of some States contain no similar provisions; the Acts of other States, such as Massachusetts and New Jersey, are so specific as to determine the point, while in many other States the question has not been the subject of decision.
The Commissioner in his…
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