Court Upholds Order Precluding Property Owner From Raising Defenses to Worker's Claim

The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a determination that a worker was an employee of a property owner, as well as a grant of a motion to preclude the employer from contesting the compensability of the employee’s injury. Case: Reid v. Speer, No. AC 36663, 12/28/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Jeremy Reid filed a workers’ compensation claim in May 2010, asserting he had injured his right shoulder while shoveling snow at a property owned by Sheri Speer. Speer did not respond to the filing, and in August 2010, Reid filed a motion to preclude her from cont...