MCGOWAN v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION/ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION

(13520), (13519)

210 Conn. 580 (1989)

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

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Embry, for the appellant (plaintiff in the first case).

Matthew Shafner, with whom, on the brief, were Carolyn P. Kelly and Mark Oberlatz, for the appellant (plaintiff in the second case).

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

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, COVELLO, HULL and MENT, JS.


PER CURIAM.

These joint appeals involve the relationship of disability benefits under two overlapping statutes, the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) and the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Act. The plaintiffs, Charles McGowan and Sebastian Semataro, were each injured while working for the defendant, General Dynamics Corporation/Electric Boat Division.1 Each plaintiff collected benefits under LHWCA relating...

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