Kudlacz v. Lindberg Heat Treating Co.

Opinion

PALMER, J.

Under General Statutes § 31-301 (a),1 a party aggrieved by a decision of a workers’ compensation commissioner (commissioner) has ten days within which to appeal that decision to the compensation review board (board). This certified appeal requires us to decide whether that ten day appeal period is tolled when the aggrieved party fails to file his appeal within the ten day period because, through no fault of his own, he does not receive notice2 of the commissioner’s decision prior to the expiration of that ten day period. The Appellate Court concluded that the appeal period *583is…