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SUSAN MARANDINO v. PROMETHEUS PHARMACY ET AL. (SC 18135)
Rogers, C. J., and Norcott, Katz, Vertefeuille and McLachlan, Js.* Argued April 29, 2009--officially released January 26, 2010

Jason M. Dodge, with whom, on the brief, was Douglas L. Drayton, for the appellants-appellees (defendants). Angelo Paul Sevarino, for the appellee-appellant (plaintiff). Joram Hirsch and Robert F. Carter filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J. In this consolidated appeal, the defendants, Prometheus Pharmacy and CNA RSKCo Services, appeal and the plaintiff, Susan Marandino, cross appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which had affirmed a finding by a workers' compensation commissioner that the plaintiff had a compensable arm injury but reversed the finding that she also had a compensable knee injury.1 Marandino v. Prometheus Pharmacy, 105 Conn. App. 669, 686, 939 A.2d 591 (2008). On appeal, the defendants claim that the Appellate Court improperly concluded that the plaintiff was entitled to temporary total incapacity benefits under General Statutes

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