Saddlemire v. American Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the second district, while acting for and in place of the Commissioner for the fifth district, in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case, J.; the court affirmed the award of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the defendant appealed.
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Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the second district, while acting for and in place of the Commissioner for the fifth district, in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case, J.; the court affirmed the award of the Commissioner, and from this judgment the defendant appealed. The case was first heard by Commissioner Williams-who, on August 29th, 1917, ordered defendant to pay |10 a week for 182 weeks for the loss of the plaintiff’s right leg, and also the medical and surgical charges. The…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The denial of the motion to correct the finding, by striking out paragraphs 17, 18, 20 and 21, was correct. The evidence and the necessary inferences therefrom justified these findings.
The denial of the motion to add paragraphs 26 and 26 to the finding, was erroneous, but, as we shall show later in the opinion, whether these paragraphs were added to the finding or not would not affect the judgment or change! the ruling upon questions involved.
The remaining reasons of appeal challenge the authority of Commissioner Williams to leave open for hearing de novo the claim for injury to the left leg,…
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