Connecticut Work Comp News
The latest news about workers compensation in Connecticut.
- The Appellate Court of Connecticut upheld an administrative decision allowing a former police officer to receive a lump-sum payment of a portion of his award of permanent partial disability benefits. Case:…
- A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from known carcinogens hexavalent chromium and cadmium at its Bloomfield facility, the U.S.
- The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that two police officers who narrowly avoided being struck by a colleague’s patrol vehicle were not entitled to damages for their alleged post-traumatic stress disorder. Case:…
- The Appellate Court of Connecticut upheld an award of benefits to a worker’s widow, finding his compensable injuries led to his development of depression, which led to his suicide. Case: Orzech…
- The Connecticut Insurance Department is considering a 14.1% reduction to the current voluntary loss costs and an overall 8.2% reduction to the current assigned risk rate level. The department on Sept.
- A teacher who received $59,608 in workers’ compensation benefits for injuries she reportedly sustained trying to stop a fight between students was charged with double dipping, the Connecticut Division of…
- Prosecutors in Connecticut say a woman has been charged with illegally collecting workers’ comp benefits after surveillance footage allegedly showed she had exaggerated the extent of her injuries, the state announced…
- The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that a worker’s job duties substantially and permanently aggravated preexisting degenerative arthritis in his left knee, resulting in the need for a total…
- The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a determination that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier effectively canceled its coverage for an employer prior to the date of an employee’s accident. Case: Bellerive v.
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