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DAVID LIBBY v. GOODWIN PONTIAC-GMC TRUCK, INC., ET AL.
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15520.
    
      Brian E. Prindle, in support of the petition.
   The defendants’ petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 42 Conn. App. 200 (AC 14661), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“If an employee covered by workers’ compensation settles a personal injury claim against a third party, is the employer entitled to a credit against future compensation benefits equal to the amount of the settlement?”

Decided September 18, 1996

Robert C. Ruggiero, Jr., and Joseph S. Dobrowolski, in opposition.