Doe v. City of Stamford

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether, under the Workers’ Compensation Act (act), General Statutes § 31-275 et seq., an employee has suffered a compensable injury for purposes of recovering expenses for medical testing and treatment at a time when he has been exposed to, but has not yet contracted, a potentially fatal contagious disease. The claimant, John Doe,1 an employee of the named defendant, the city of Stamford,2 appealed from the decision of the compensation review board (review board) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner (commissioner).…