CHAPPELL v. PFIZER, INC.

No. 29442.

975 A.2d 78 (2009)

115 Conn.App. 702

Ronald C. CHAPPELL v. PFIZER, INC., et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erik S. Bartlett, with whom, on the brief, was David C. Davis, East Hartford, for the appellants (named defendant).

Matthew Shafner, with whom, on the brief, was Carolyn P. Kelly, New London, for the appellee (plaintiff).

DiPENTIMA, ROBINSON and WEST, Js.


WEST, J.

In this workers' compensation appeal, we confront the definitional limitations of the term "occupational disease" as set forth in General Statutes § 31-275(15). The sole issue on appeal is whether the workers' compensation review board (board) properly affirmed the determination of the workers' compensation commissioner for the second district (commissioner) that asthma is an occupational disease for the plaintiff, Ronald C. Chappell, a former chemical...

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