Trinkley v. Ella Grasso Regional Center

The dispositive issue in this administrative appeal is whether an injured state employee, entitled to benefits under General Statutes § 5-142 (a), may also collect “concurrent employment” benefits under General Statutes § 31-310.1 A workers’ compensation commissioner determined that the plaintiff, Kathryn Trinkley (claimant), had suffered a compens*741able work related injury in her primary employment with the named defendant, the Ella Grasso Regional Center (state),2 and was therefore entitled to receive her full salary pursuant to § 5-142 (a). Because the claimant had been concurrently employed…