Governor Signs Bill Responding to Gardner Decision

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a budget bill that includes a last-minute addition that supporters say addresses a problematic state Supreme Court decision that threatened to increase work comp costs. The governor on Tuesday signed HB 6863, which includes language adding a limitation on the discretion of administrative law judges to award specific types of benefits. The high court, in Gardner v. Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services et al., held that Section 31-308(b) provides that a judge “may” award permanent partial disability benefits to a worker who has reach...