Legal Opinion
Niedzwicki v. Pequonnock Foundry
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 12, 1946PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The question to be determined is the liability of successive employers for the undisputed amount of an award of compensation based on death resulting from occupational disease. Two employers are involved. The commissioner held both liable. The Superior Court, on appeal, held that the last employer only was liable. The appeal turns on the construction of General Statutes, Cum. Sup. 1939, § 1330e. Its relevant portions are printed in the footnote.
The facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff is the dependent widow of Ignatz Niedzwicki, who died July 19, 1942, of tuberculosis superimposed upon and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Madore v. New Departure Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Lee Bros. Furniture Co. v. CramSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Borough of Fenwick v. Town of Old SaybrookSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Rousu v. Collins Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Biederzycki v. Farrel Foundry & MacHine Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- International Business MacHines Corporation v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- General Motors Corporation v. MulquinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- McAdams v. BarbieriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Town of Plainville v. Travelers Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
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