Quire v. City of Stamford

The issue presented by this appeal is whether an employer who properly intervenes pursuant *372to General Statutes § 31-293 (a)1 in an action brought by its employee against a municipality under General *373Statutes § 13a-149,* 2 the “highway defect” statute, may obtain reimbursement from the municipality for workers’ compensation payments made to the employee for injuries suffered by the employee as a result of a defective highway. The defendant, the city of Stamford, moved for summary judgment on the complaint of the intervening plaintiff, United Parcel Service (UPS), and the trial court granted…