Legal Opinion
Hatt v. Burlington Coat Factory
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 22, 2003No. SC 16737PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
This appeal presents the issues of whether the workers’ compensation review board (board) improperly: (1) concluded that General Statutes § 31-3491 abrogated common-law apportionment in *281workers’ compensation cases and that § 31-349 (d), *282which closed the second injury fund to new claims, renders the insurer at the time of the claimant’s second injury solely liable for those disability claims; (2) concluded that General Statutes (Rev. to 1999) § 31-299b2 permits apportionment only in cases of repetitive *283trauma or occupational disease and, therefore, does not provide a basis…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Kron v. ThelenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
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3Cited by77 opinions
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