Nichols v. Lighthouse Restaurant, Inc.

*158 Opinion

PALMER, J.

Under General Statutes § 31-293 (a),1 an employer who has paid workers’ compensation benefits to an employee for injuries sustained by the employee *159as a result of the tortious conduct of a third party may seek reimbursement for those payments by intervening in the employee’s action against the tortfeasor within thirty days of receipt of formal notice of the employee’s action. The sole issue presented by this certified appeal is whether a statute of limitations defense may be raised against an employer who, under § 31-293 (a), intervenes in an employee’s timely filed action…