Fisher v. Sargent

The sole issue presented upon this appeal is whether or not the compensation commissioner was correct in holding that the employment of the plaintiff by the defendant was not within the terms of the compensation law, a decision which he based upon the ground that the defendant had “regularly less than five employees.” General Statutes, § 5227. It is agreed that the defendant regularly employed three persons, a cook, a waitress and a chauffeur. In addition she employed a hairdresser who came to her home to dress her hair every Tuesday except when the defendant was out of town or ill, and a…