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MCNAMARA v. HAMDEN.

176 Conn. 547 (1978)

RICHARD A. MCNAMARA v. TOWN OF HAMDEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 25, 1978.

Reargued October 3, 1978.

Substitute decision released February 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Woodward Lewis, with whom were Ellen L. Sostman and, on the brief, Joseph M. Delaney, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Bruce W. Thompson, for the appellee (defendant).

Clifford Davis filed a brief as amicus curiae.

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and SPEZIALE, JS.

SPEZIALE, J.

This appeal presents a question under the Workmen's Compensation Act, General Statutes, chapter 568: whether an injury sustained while the plaintiff was engaged in a customary and permitted game of ping-pong on his employer's premises before the start of the work day, using equipment purchased by the employees, arose out of and in the course of his employment so that it was error to deny him compensation.

The compensation commissioner's finding...

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