Pereira v. State

The principal issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether the defendant’s notice of intention to contest compensability was sufficiently specific to satisfy the requirements of General Statutes (Rev. to 1989) § 31-297 (b),1 thus allowing the defendant to challenge the plaintiff’s claim on the merits. On March 22,1989, the plaintiff, Arlene Pereira, sent to her employer, the defendant, state of Connecticut, a written notice of claim for workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 1989) § 31-294.2 In her notice of claim, the plaintiff alleged *537that she suffered…