Legal Opinion
Kinney v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 28, 1989No. 13687PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the legislature intended judges of the Superior Court to come within the jurisdictional confines of the Workers’ Compensation Act, General Statutes *55§ 31-275 et seq.1 Following the death of her husband, the Honorable Frank J. Kinney, Jr., the plaintiff, Joan A. Kinney, filed a workers’ compensation claim against the state alleging that the decedent’s fatal heart condition was causally related to work-induced stress. Ruling that the decedent was an “employee” for the purposes of workers’ compensation as defined by General Statutes § 31-275 (5) and…
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