BIRNIE v. ELECTRIC BOAT CORP.

No. 17764.

953 A.2d 28 (2008)

288 Conn. 392

Jean BIRNIE v. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Quay, for the appellant (defendant).

Amy M. Stone, with whom was Frank Eppinger, Groton, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Lucas D. Strunk, Glastonbury, filed a brief for ACE USA and Travelers Corporation as amici curiae.

NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.


NORCOTT, J.

In this workers' compensation appeal, we are presented with the question, which was raised but not decided in Lafayette v. General Dynamics Corp., 255 Conn. 762, 781, 770 A.2d 1(2001), of whether the causation standard applied by a United States Department of Labor administrative law judge (administrative law judge) in a prior proceeding brought under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act...

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