Legal Opinion
Hanson v. Transportation General, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 28, 1998No. SC 15766PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
The Workers’ Compensation Act (act), General Statutes § 31-275 etseq., provides benefits only for those workers who have the status of “employees” at the time of their injury. The principal issue in this certified appeal is whether an owner-operator of a taxicab qualifies as an employee of the taxicab company with which he contracted to provide taxicab service.
The plaintiff, Janet Hanson, the surviving spouse of Allen Hanson (decedent), filed a workers’ compensation claim to recover survivor benefits for the death of the decedent while he was driving a taxicab in accordance…
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