Cappellino v. Town of Cheshire

The sole issue in this case is whether a presumptive dependent is entitled to the full balance of specific benefits awarded to an employee who had reached maximum medical improvement and had collected some of the specific benefits when he became totally incapacitated and received temporary total benefits until his death from an unrelated cause.

The workers’ compensation commissioner found that the presumptive dependent was entitled to the full balance of the specific benefit. That decision was upheld by the compensation review division. The second injury and compensation assurance fund…