Employer's Failure to Timely File Response Bars Liability Contest

The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that an employer should have been barred from contesting liability for a worker’s claim. Case: Woodbury-Correa v. Reflexite Corp., No. AC 39397, 06/18/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: Marcella Woodbury-Correa worked for the Reflexite Corp. In April 2009, she filed a notice of workers’ compensation claim with her employer and the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Woodbury-Correa alleged she had suffered repetitive trauma injuries, and she asserted that they had become symptomatic in 2003. Both the commission and...