Estate of Doe v. Department of Correction

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the workers’ compensation review board (board) properly affirmed the determination by the workers’ compensation commissioner for the fourth district (commissioner) that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not an occupational disease2 for certain *755correction officers employed by the defendant, the department of correction, and, therefore, the notice of claim filed by the plaintiff, the estate of John Doe, the decedent, was not subject to the extended three year limitation period set forth in General Statutes § 31-294c3 for…