Fredette v. Connecticut Air National Guard

Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The named defendant, 1 the Connecticut Air National Guard, appeals 2 from the decision of the compensation review board (board) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner for the eighth district (commissioner) granting the motion of the plaintiff, Rita Fredette, seeking to preclude the defendant from contesting her right to receive benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act (act), General Statutes § 31-275 et seq. The defendant claims that the commissioner improperly construed General Statutes § 31-294c (a) 3 to allow the plaintiff to maintain a claim…