Worsham v. Greifenberger

Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the due process clause of the fourteenth *434amendment to the United States constitution requires that notice of the initiation of proceedings against a third party tortfeasor pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act; General Statutes § 31-293 (a);1 include, not only the notice requirements enumerated in the statute, but also notification that the failure of the recipient to move to intervene in the action within thirty days of the notice will result in the complete abatement of the recipient’s right to bring an action. The…