Legal Opinion
Levanti v. Dow Chemical Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 19, 1991No. 14070PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether an employer may be required to pay specific indemnity workers’ compensation benefits to an employee, pursuant to General Statutes § 31-349,1 for a physical impairment caused by the combined effect of a compensable injury sustained during the course of employment by the employer and prior noncompensable injuries. The workers’ compensation commissioner for the second district (commissioner) determined that *11the named defendant, Dow Chemical Company, was so liable and accordingly ordered the defendant insurer, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company,2 to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Texaco Refining & Marketing Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue ServicesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Perille v. Raybestos-Manhattan-Europe, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Hartz v. Hartford Faience Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- City of New Haven v. United Illuminating Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Panico v. Sperry Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United Illuminating Co. v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Weinberg v. ARA Vending Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Pizzuto v. Commissioner of Mental RetardationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Williams v. Best Cleaners, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Hernandez v. Gerber GroupSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
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