LOPA v. BRINKER INTERN., INC.

No. 18303.

994 A.2d 1265 (2010)

296 Conn. 426

Lynn LOPA v. BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew E. Dodd, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Yinxia Long, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were J. Sarah Posner, assistant attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Thomas P. Clifford III, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant second injury fund).

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


McLACHLAN, J.

The sole question presented in this certified appeal is whether the United States Postal Service (postal service) is an employer for purposes of the workers' compensation act (act), General Statutes § 31-275 et seq., particularly in the context of General Statutes § 31-310 of the act, which sets forth the method for determining the average weekly wage of an employee who worked for more than one employer at the time of injury.

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