Legal Opinion
Birnie v. Electric Boat Corp.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 19, 2008No. SC 17764PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
In this workers’ compensation appeal, we are presented with the question, which was raised but not decided in Lafayette v. General Dynamics Corp., 255 Conn. 762, 781, 770 A.2d (2001), of whether the causation standard applied by a United States Department of Labor administrative law judge (administrative law judge) in a prior proceeding brought under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (Longshore Act); 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.; is less stringent than the “substantial factor” causation standard utilized in cases brought under the state Workers’…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Gravel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich CollieriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Larke v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Mahoney v. BeatmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
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3Cited by19 opinions
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