Quinn v. Standard-Knapp, Inc.

The workers’ compensation commissioner for the eighth district granted the plaintiffs motion to preclude defenses in this workers’ compensation case because the defendants1 did not file a disclaimer of liability in a timely manner. The compensation review board upheld the decision of the commissioner, and the defendants thereafter appealed to this court. To reach the merits of the issue on the appeal, which is whether the plaintiffs notice of claim satisfied General Statutes § 31-294c (a) and (b),2 we must first determine if the appeal is taken from a final judgment.3 Stroiney v. Crescent…