McGOWAN v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION/ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION

(5910), (5913)

15 Conn. App. 615 (1988)

CHARLES MCGOWAN v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION/ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION ET AL. SEBASTIAN SEMATARO v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION/ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION ET AL.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucas D. Strunk, with whom, on the brief, was James L. Pomeranz, for the appellants (defendants in both cases).

Stephen C. Embry, filed a brief for the appellee (Charles McGowan, plaintiff in the first case).

Carolyn P. Kelly, for the appellee (Sebastian Semataro, plaintiff in the second case).

DUPONT, C. J., BORDEN and FOTI, JS.


DUPONT, C. J.

The single question presented in this combined appeal is whether an award received pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 through 950 (1986), is to be wholly credited against a subsequent award arising out of the same injury under the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Act, General Statutes §§ 31-275 through 31-355a. We hold that...

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