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Lavery, C. J., and Schaller and Healey, Js. Argued September 18--officially released November 14, 2000 Counsel

Robert M. Fitzgerald, for the appellant (plaintiff). Philip M. Schulz, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and William J. McCullough, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).
Opinion

SCHALLER, J. The plaintiff, John Diluciano, appeals from the decision of the workers' compensation review board (board) affirming the commissioner's dismissal of his claim for workers' compensation benefits for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred while he was traveling to work. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the board improperly determined that a security officer of the state military department (department), deriving his police powers from General Statutes

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