Case: Dzienkiewicz v. Dept. of Correction (SC 18255) April 2009
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Workers’ Comp District: Middletown
Synopsis: A workers compensation commissioner was not required to accept as an admission by the state department of corrections a decision by the state disability medical board granting disability retirement to a corrections officer for stroke, stress and hypertension. The court held that the mere fact that the defendant and the medical board are both agencies of the state does not establish such unity of identity that the state, instead of the department of corrections, is deemed the party opponent.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR291/291cr53.pdf
Case Citation: 291 Conn. 214 (2009)