Case Name: Henry O. Briggs v. State Employees Retirement Commission
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1988-04-29
Citations: 208 Conn. 801
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry O. Briggs v. State Employees Retirement Commission
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 208
Pages: 801–801

Head Matter:
Henry O. Briggs v. State Employees Retirement Commission
Richard T. Sponzo, assistant attorney general, in support of the petition.
Edward Gallant, in opposition.
Decided April 29, 1988

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 13 Conn. App. 477, is granted, limited to the following issue: "Did the Appellate Court err in concluding that the state employment retirement commission was required as a matter of law to find from the evidence that the plaintiff had become 'permanently disabled from continuing to render the service in which he has been employed as a result of any injury received while in the performance of his duty as a state employee' pursuant to General Statutes Section 5-169 (b)?"