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Promotion Not a 'New Hire Date' for Workers Comp Purposes

"There simply was no period of time from the plaintiff’s hire in 1983 until his retirement in 2016 at which the plaintiff was not a regular member of the Bridgeport Police Department," the court said.

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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 case is Gaudett v. Bridgeport Police Dep’t, 2023 Conn. App. LEXIS 84 (Conn. App. Ct. 2023).

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.

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