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In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that maintaining and repairing municipality buildings was within the city of Bridgeport's "trade or business," and accordingly, a worker employed by an uninsured roofing subcontractor could recover workers' compensation benefits from the city following his injury at one of the city's facilities. Earlier, a Commissioner determined that the state’s Secondary Injury Fund was responsible for the benefits since the subcontractor had no insurance. The Fund contended, however, that under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-291, the city was the principal employer of the injured worker and should have been required to provide benefits. Citing an old decision, Massolini v. Driscoll, 114 Conn. 546, 551-52, 159 A. 480 (1932), the majority held the city was required to maintain its buildings and it could, therefore, be the principal employer of employees of uninsured contractors.
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See Barker v. All Roofs by Dominic, 2020 Conn. LEXIS 190 (Aug. 13, 2020)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 70.01.
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