Francis v. State

*91 Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant appeals from the decision of the workers’ compensation review board (board) affirming the commissioner’s decision granting the plaintiffs claim for workers’ compensation benefits. On appeal, the defendant claims that the board improperly (1) characterized the plaintiffs injury, (2) assumed the commissioner’s role of fact finder and (3) failed to remand the case to the commissioner to address the defendant’s jurisdictional argument that the plaintiffs claim was not timely filed. We affirm the decision of the board.

The commissioner found the following facts. The…