Anderton v. WasteAway Services, LLC

The pivotal issue in this case is whether the plaintiff, Edward Anderton III, has met his burden of establishing that the injury he suffered while participating in an athletic event was compensable despite the statutory exclusion to the definition of “personal injury” contained in General Statutes § 31275 (16) (B) (i). That statutory subdivision excludes from the definition of “personal injury” any “injury to an employee which results from his voluntary participation in any activity the major purpose of which is social or recreational, including, but not limited to, athletic events, parties…