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Case: Donahue v. Veridiem, Inc. (SC 18237) May 2009
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Workers’ Comp District: New Britain
Synopsis: An employer who fails to contest liability or pay benefits in a workers compensation case within 28 days of the injury cannot contest liability for the injury or the extent of disability. The injured worker still has to present evidence to the commissioner to prove the case, but the employer cannot challenge that proof.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR291/291CR69.pdf
Case Citation: 291 Conn. 537, 547, 970 A.2d 630 (2009)
Tags: job injury · Workers' Compensation
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Case: Stearns & Wheeler, LLC v. Kowalsky Brothers, Inc. (SC 17906) 2008
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Trial Court: Hartford
Synopsis: The estates of two workers who died on the job sued the general contractor for the wrongful deaths. The general contractor sued the workers’ employer under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practice Act (CUTPA). The general contractor then assigned (gave the rights to) the CUTPA claim to the estates. As a result of the assignment, the estates were suing the employer for the death of the workers. The Supreme Court ruled against the estates, stating that because the Workers Compensation Act prohibits workers who are hurt at work (or the estates of workers who die on the jog) from suing their employers, the estates could not proceed with the case against the employer.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR289/289CR146.pdf
Tags: CUTPA · job injury · work injury · workers compensation act · wrongful death
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Case: Greene v. Aces Acess (AC 29007) September 2008
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Synopsis: A former college basketball player filed a workers compensation case claiming he had hurt his back at his job when he was lifting a patient in a wheelchair onto a ramp. The Appellate Court upheld the denial of benefits, noting that the claimant had previously injured his back in a car accident and while playing basketball.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP110/110AP500.pdf
Tags: back injury · job injury · work injury · Workers' Compensation
