Legal Opinion
Spatafore v. Yale University
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 3, 1996No. 15496PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatz, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether an employee who, during her unpaid lunch break, sustained an injury while walking back to work from a union meeting, has a compensable injury under the Workers’ Compensation Act (act).2 We conclude that she does not.
The following facts are undisputed. The plaintiff, Rosemarie Spatafore, is a clerical employee of the defendant, Yale University, and a union representative for Local 34 of the Federation of University Employees, Hotel and Restaurant Employees International. On August 24, 1992, the plaintiff was returning to work after having…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- McNamara v. Town of HamdenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
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