GORDON v. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION


150 Conn. 328 (1963)

JOEL GORDON v. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Yellin, with whom were Sanford L. Rosenberg and, on the brief, Martin W. Hoffman, for the appellant (plaintiff).

George A. Downing, with whom, on the brief, were Atherton B. Ryan and John W. Allen, for the appellees (defendants).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, SHEA and ALCORN, JS.


KING, J.

The plaintiff claimed compensation for an injury which occurred as he was drying himself after taking a shower following a practice basketball game in which he had engaged as a member of a team composed of fellow employees of the defendant employer.

"The burden was on the plaintiff to prove that he sustained an injury, not merely in the course of his employment, but arising out of, that is, caused by, his employment." Triano v. United States...

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