A Connecticut Appellate Court reversed the decision of the Compensation Review Board, which determined that a police officer hired in 1983 was not entitled to benefits under the Heart and Hypertension Act of 1996 because he was promoted to chief of police in 2010, which constituted a new hire date.

The plaintiff, retired Bridgeport police officer Joseph L. Gaudett Jr., filed a claim pursuant to §7-433c, the Heart and Hypertension Act, to receive benefits for hypertension in February 2016. The act was passed in 1996, and only applied to those hired before 1996.