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DURNIAK v. AUGUST WINTER & SONS, INC.

(14526)

222 Conn. 775 (1992)

BARBARA DURNIAK, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF MICHAEL DURNIAK), ET AL. v. AUGUST WINTER AND SONS, INC.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

April Haskell, with whom was Joanne T. Belisle, for the appellant (intervening plaintiff).

Michael A. Fitzhugh, with whom were Lori Watson and, on the brief, R. Paul Roecker, for the appellee (defendant).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, GLASS, COVELLO and BORDEN, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

Our statutes permit an injured employee to pursue a personal injury action against a third party tortfeasor, even though the employee's exclusive remedy against his employer is the recovery of workers' compensation benefits. General Statutes §§ 31-284 (a)1 and 31-293 (a).2 The issue in this case is whether the third party tortfeasor may raise...

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