Chase v. State

Opinion

SPEAR, J.

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether the plaintiffs notice of injury was sufficient to trigger the statutory twenty day period1 within *501which an employer may file a notice contesting liability for the claim. The commissioner ruled that the notice, sent to the “Department of Motor Vehicles” rather than to the “State of Connecticut, Department of Motor Vehicles” was insufficiently addressed to impose an obligation on the defendant to file a notice contesting liability within the twenty day period. The commissioner, therefore, denied the plaintiffs motion to…