Legal Opinion
Goodyear v. Discala
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 8, 2004No. SC 16958PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether General Statutes (Rev. to 1995) § 31-293 (a)1 *509confers standing on an employer, which is seeking reimbursement of workers’ compensation benefits paid to an employee, to intervene in the employee’s legal malpractice action against the employee’s former attorneys for their failure to pursue apersona! injury claim against the tortfeasor who caused the employee’s compensable injury. We conclude that it does not and, therefore, affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The facts are not in dispute. On August 8, 1995, the plaintiff,…
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