Winslow v. Lewis-Shepard, Inc.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the content of an employee’s notice to his employer concerning the employee’s institution of an action against third party tortfeasors to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in the course of employment was sufficient to comply with General Statutes § 31-293.1 The trial court determined that the content of the employee’s notice fulfilled the requirements of § 31-293, and, as a consequence, the employer’s failure to intervene in the third party action within thirty days of its receipt of the employee’s notice, as also required by the statute,…