HOYT v. SECOND TAXING DISTRICT


183 Conn. 508 (1981)

CLARA L. HOYT, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF WILLIAM J. HOYT) v. SECOND TAXING DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NORWALK ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Rollason Feran, with whom was Lawrence W. Kanaga, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Robert J. Cooney, with whom was Christopher R. Loomis, for the appellee (defendant Fred Fullin).

BOGDANSKI, C. J., PETERS, PARSKEY, ARMENTANO and DALY, JS.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff's decedent was guiding a length of pipe which was attached to a power shovel operated by his employer, the defendant Fred Fullin. The power shovel boom came in contact with overhead electrical wires, electrocuting the plaintiff's decedent. In response to a negligence action brought by the plaintiff, the defendant Fred Fullin pleaded that the workers' compensation act provided the exclusive remedy in the case. The trial court agreed, granting...

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