Connecticut Statutes

§ 31-49 — Care required of a master for his servant's safety.

Connecticut § 31-49
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 31Labor
Ch. 557Employment Regulation

This text of Connecticut § 31-49 (Care required of a master for his servant's safety.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-49 (2026).

Text

It shall be the duty of the master to exercise reasonable care to provide for his servant a reasonably safe place in which to work, reasonably safe appliances and instrumentalities for his work and fit and competent persons as his colaborers and to exercise reasonable care in the appointment or designation of a vice-principal and to appoint as such vice-principal a fit and competent person. The default of a vice-principal in the performance of any duty imposed by law on the master shall be the default of the master.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Related

Dighello v. Thurston Foods, Inc.
307 F. Supp. 3d 5 (D. Connecticut, 2018)
17 case citations
Lopez v. Burris Logistics Co.
952 F. Supp. 2d 396 (D. Connecticut, 2013)
12 case citations
Mendes v. Jednak
92 F. Supp. 2d 58 (D. Connecticut, 2000)
5 case citations
Estate of Smith v. Town of West Hartford
186 F. Supp. 2d 146 (D. Connecticut, 2002)
3 case citations
Arnone v. Connecticut Light Power, No. X01 Cv 98 0168276 (Mar. 22, 2002)
2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 3858 (Connecticut Superior Court, 2002)
1 case citations
Stebbins v. Doncasters, No. X07 Cv99 0072908s (Jul. 14, 2000)
2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 8362 (Connecticut Superior Court, 2000)
Swaney v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 541984 (Mar. 17, 1999)
1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 3830 (Connecticut Superior Court, 1999)
Violissi v. City of Middletown
990 F. Supp. 93 (D. Connecticut, 1998)

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 7367.) Cited. 80 C. 205; 143 C. 197. No basis for action under statute where case is clearly within scope of Workers' Compensation Act. 196 C. 529. Cited. 243 C. 66. Employer's refusal to accommodate employee's work-at-home request did not create an unlawful working condition under section. 249 C. 766.

Nearby Sections

15
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Connecticut § 31-49, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ct/31-49.