Callender v. Reflexite Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “[i]n deciding a motion to preclude, the commissioner must engage a two part inquiry. First, he must determine whether the employee's notice of claim is adequate on its face. See General Statutes § 31-294c (a). Second, he must decide whether the employer failed to comply with § 31-294c either by filing a notice to contest the claim or by commencing payment on that claim within twenty-eight days of the notice of claim. See General Statutes § 31-294c (b). If the notice of claim is adequate but the employer fails to comply with the statute, then the motion to preclude must be granted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 168 Conn. App. 92 - Wiblyi v. McDonald's Corp. · 188 Conn. App. 93 - Quinones v. R.W. Thompson Co.

2. “'The first two sentences of § 31-294c (b) address the procedure that an employer must follow if it wants to contest liability to pay compensation .... The statute prescribes therein that, within twenty-eight days of receiving a notice of claim, the employer must file a notice stating that it contests the claimant's right to compensation and setting forth the specific ground on which compensation is contested. The third sentence: (1) provides that an employer who fails to file a timely notice contesting liability must commence payment of compensation for the alleged injury within that same twenty-eight day period; and (2) grants the employer who timely commences payment a one year period in which to "contest the employee's right to receive compensation on any grounds or the extent of his disability”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 Conn. App. 93 - Quinones v. R.W. Thompson Co.

3. “the employer shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the compensability of the alleged injury or death unless the employer either files a notice contesting liability on or before the twenty-eighth day after receiving a written notice of claim or commences payment for the alleged injury or death on or before such twenty-eighth day.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 Conn. App. 93 - Quinones v. R.W. Thompson Co.