Lovett v. Atlas Truck Leasing

This case requires this court to construe portions of General Statutes § 31-349, which governs the respective liabilities of an employer and the second injury and compensation assurance fund to an employee who has a preexisting-permanent physical impairment and who subsequently suffers a second injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, resulting in a permanent disability. The defendants, Atlas Truck Leasing and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appealed to the Court of Common Pleas from a finding and award of compensation by the workmen’s compensation commissioner for the…