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DESCHENES v. TRANSCO, INC.

Nos. 17852, 17853.

935 A.2d 625 (2007)

284 Conn. 479

George DESCHENES v. TRANSCO, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucas D. Strunk, Glastonbury, with whom was John W. Greiner, for the appellants in each case (defendant Reed and Greenwood Insulation Company et al.).

Christopher Meisenkothen, New Haven, for the appellee in both cases (plaintiff).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER and ZARELLA, Js.

NORCOTT, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the workers' compensation benefits payable to a claimant with a 25 percent permanent partial disability in each lung, caused in part by work-related asbestos exposure, should be apportioned1 or reduced by the amount of that disability attributable to a concurrently developing nonoccupational disease, specifically cigarette smoking related emphysema. The defendants, Reed and Greenwood...

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