Benlock v. New Haven Terminal

Full title: CHARLES BENLOCK v. NEW HAVEN TERMINAL/CILCO TERMINAL ET AL

Court: Appellate Court of Connecticut

Date published: Mar 24, 1998

706 A.2d 1390 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998)

48 Conn. App. 250

Opinion

(AC 17178)

Argued February 26, 1998

Officially released March 24, 1998

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appeal from the decision by the workers' compensation commissioner for the fourth district awarding benefits to the plaintiff, brought to the compensation review board, which affirmed the commissioner's decision, and the defendants appealed to this court. Affirmed.

Scott Wilson Williams, for the appellants (defendants).

Carolyn P. Kelly, for the appellee (plaintiff).

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The defendants appeal from the decision of the workers' compensation review board affirming the decision of the workers' compensation commissioner, who found that the plaintiff's myocardial infarction was a compensable injury. The defendants' counsel on appeal was also trial counsel, and this appeal can best be categorized as a valiant but futile effort to retry the case in this court. No novel principles of law or appellate procedure are involved and to discuss the defendants' claims would serve no useful purpose. See Byrne v. Trice, 170 Conn. 442, 442-43, 365 A.2d 1063 (1976); Lord v. Lord, 44 Conn. App. 370, 376, 689 A.2d 509, cert. denied, 241 Conn. 913, 696 A.2d 985 (1997).