Legal Opinion
Wheat v. Red Star Express Lines
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 14, 1968PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, J.
The three plaintiffs are young illegitimate children of Harbin Wheat, who was killed in an accident in New Canaan on August 16, 1968. At the time of the accident, he was acting in the course of his employment by Red Star Express Lines, hereinafter referred to as the defendant. The plaintiffs filed a claim for benefits pursuant to the Workmen’s Compensation Act (General Statutes [Rev. of 1962], c. 568), and, after a hearing, the compensation commissioner for the fourth district dismissed their claim.
The commissioner, after finding the facts already mentioned, further found that the three…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Powers v. Hotel Bond Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Palumbo v. George A. Fuller Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Lanyon v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation ActSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Driscoll v. Jewell Belting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- Blanton v. Wheeler & Howes Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
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