Estate of Frederick v. General Dynamics Corp.

The plaintiffs’ petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 44 Conn. App. 124 (AC 14772), is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Is the surviving dependent spouse of an employee who died as a result of an occupational disease entitled to benefits under General Statutes § 31-306 when: (a) the decedent did not work for the twenty-six weeks preceding the date of the manifestation of the occupational disease; and (b) the occupational disease manifested itself prior to October 1, 1990, the effective date of Public Acts 1990, No. 90-116?

“2. If the answer to the first…