Review Board Erred in Substituting Its Own Findings for Commissioner's

The Connecticut Workers' Compensation Review Board overstepped its bounds, and improperly reassessed the credibility of a witness and weighed the evidence, "thereby usurping the authority of the commissioner," the state Appellate Court ruled. Case: Wiblyi v. McDonald's Corp., AC37303 and AC37304, 09/06/2016. Facts: John M. Wiblyi Jr. fell and injured his knee while working as a human resources manager for McDonald's on Sept. 8, 1999. Wiblyi testified that in June 2000 he mailed a copy of form 30C, a notice of claim for compensation, to both his employer and the Workers&...