Hummel v. Marten Transports, Ltd.

Opinion

PALMER, J.

This certified appeal raises two principal issues: (1) whether, under the plain meaning rule of recently enacted General Statutes § 1-2z,2 we are obliged to overrule our precedent importing a final judgment requirement into General Statutes § 31-30 lb,3 which governs appeals from the compensation review board (board) to the Appellate Court, because § 31-301b does not refer to such a requirement; and (2) if not, whether we nevertheless should reconsider and abandon our long-standing interpretation of § 31-30 lb as containing a final judgment requirement. The plaintiff, Debra…