McDonough v. Connecticut Bank & Trust Co.

The plaintiff employee, Rosalie McDonough, claimed workers’ compensation benefits from her employer, the defendant Connecticut Bank and Trust *105Company, as a result of unusual emotional stress at work which accelerated underlying physical conditions and precipitated the onset of disabling heart disease. On December 7,1982, the workers’ compensation commission for the second district awarded her statutory compensation for total incapacity, for the period from June 19,1980, until July 15,1981, and reasonable medical expenses.1 The named defendant and the defend*106ant Travelers Insurance Company, its…