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SPATAFORE v. YALE UNIVERSITY

(15496)

239 Conn. 408 (1996)

ROSEMARIE SPATAFORE v. YALE UNIVERSITY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald P. Dwyer, for the appellant (plaintiff).

John M. Letizia, with whom, on the brief, was Andrew A. Cohen, for the appellee (defendant).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Katz, and Palmer, JS.

KATZ, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether an employee who, during her unpaid lunch break, sustained an injury while walking back to work from a union meeting, has a compensable injury under the Workers' Compensation Act (act).2 We conclude that she does not.

The following facts are undisputed. The plaintiff, Rosemarie Spatafore, is a clerical employee of the defendant, Yale University, and a union representative...

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