Ricigliano v. Ideal Forging Corp.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The issue we must decide in this appeal is when the limitations period under General Statutes § 31-294c (a) 1 commences for filing a workers’ compen sation claim for an occupational disease if a claimant is diagnosed with a disease but has no knowledge of the causal connection between the disease and workplace exposure until some later point in time. The plaintiff, Joan Ricigliano, appeals from the decision of the compensation review board (board) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner for the sixth district (commissioner) granting the defendants’ 2…