Green v. General Dynamics Corp.
240 Conn. 916 | Conn. | 1997
The plaintiffs petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 44 Conn. App. 112 (AC 14491), is granted, limited to the following issues:
“1. Is the surviving dependant spouse of an employee who died as a result of an occupational disease entitled to benefits under General Statutes § 31-306 when: (a) the decedent did not work for the twenty-six weeks preceding the date of the manifestation of the occupational disease; and (b) the occupational disease manifested itself prior to October 1, 1990, the effective date of Public Acts 1990, No. 90-116?
“2. If the answer to the first question is yes, how should the average weekly wage used to determine*917 the amount of the benefits to the surviving dependent spouse be calculated under the facts of this case?”