The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a laborer's lung damage from smoking can be segregated from respiratory problems caused by asbestos work, and his workers' compensation award reduced by the portion of his ailment caused by cigarettes. Workers' comp plaintiffs lawyers say that before the decision in George Deschenes v. Transco , such blended injuries had consistently resulted in full compensation.
August 14, 2008 at 05:25 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a laborer’s lung damage from smoking can be segregated from respiratory problems caused by asbestos work, and his workers’ compensation award reduced by the portion of his ailment caused by cigarettes.
Workers’ comp plaintiffs lawyers say that before the decision in George Deschenes v. Transco, such blended injuries had consistently resulted in full compensation.
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