The state Supreme Court has ruled that a widow who discovered her husband’s crushed body at work cannot sue his employer for bystander emotional distress because she has already received benefits through the workers’ compensation system.
On July 16, 2011, Austin Irwin was repairing a large all-terrain vehicle while working for All Habitat Services, a mosquito control company in Branford that uses ATVs to spray pesticides in remote wooded areas.
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