Legal Opinion
Ryker v. Town of Bethany
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 29, 2006No. AC 26352PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
Under our Workers’ Compensation Act, General Statutes § 31-275 et seq., an employee who is injured on the job can receive compensation only if his injury arose out of and in the course of his or her employment. See General Statutes § 31-275 (1); McNamara, v. Hamden, 176 Conn. 547, 550, 398 A.2d 1161 (1979). The principal issue in this appeal is whether the workers’ compensation review board (board) properly affirmed a commissioner’s finding that injuries received by a claimant as a result of a fight between himself and a coworker did not arise out of his employment. A…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fair v. People's Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Jacquemin v. Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
- McNamara v. Town of HamdenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Osterlund v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Stulginski v. Waterbury Rolling Mills Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Sanchez v. ManufacturingConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
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