AC45589 - White v. Waterbury Fire Dept. (“The plaintiff, a firefighter for the named defendant, the Waterbury Fire Department, argues that the commissioner and the board erred in concluding that the plaintiff was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because he was not engaged in an activity for the mutual benefit of both himself and the defendant when he was injured as he left his home to go to work. We affirm the decision of the board.”)

AC44987 - Gaudett v. Bridgeport Police Dept. (“The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiff, Joseph L. Gaudett, Jr., began employment with the named defendant, the Bridgeport Police Department, on or after July 1, 1996, for purposes of being eligible to receive benefits under General Statutes § 7-433c, the Heart and Hypertension Act, which affords benefits for any eligible regular member of a paid municipal police department who was hired before July 1, 1996. The plaintiff, the former chief of police employed by the city of Bridgeport (city), appeals from the decision of the Compensation Review Board (board), which affirmed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner for the Fourth District (commissioner) dismissing his claim for benefits under § 7-433c on the ground that, although the plaintiff initially was hired as a police officer in 1983, the effective date of his employment as chief of police in 2010 constituted a new date of hire such that his claim for benefits was beyond the ambit of § 7-433c. The plaintiff claims that the board improperly affirmed the commissioner’s decision because he was a regular member of the Bridgeport Police Department from 1983 until he retired from his position as the chief of police in 2016. We agree and, accordingly, reverse the decision of the board.”)