Dibello v. Barnes Page Wire Products, Inc.

While I concur with the majority that the board’s ruling as to the defendant ITT Hartford Group, Inc., should be affirmed, I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the majority as to the board’s ruling concerning the defendant Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (Aetna), and would reverse the board’s ruling as to it.

The judicial construction of provisions of our Workers’ Compensation Act is guided by long established principles. “[T]he Workers’ Compensation Act is remedial and must be interpreted liberally to achieve its humanitarian purposes.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Gil v.…