In 2017, a psychiatrist with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, was struck in the head multiple times by a patient, the complaint said. He suffered a concussion, which temporarily prevented him from working. (Credit: danielfela/Shutterstock.com)
A Connecticut Appellate Court panel affirmed the decision of the Compensation Review Board to uphold the Workers' Compensation commissioner for the Eighth District's determination that a per diem employee was not entitled to full salary disability benefits.
The plaintiff, George Kelly, argued that the commissioner's decision should not have relied on a supersedence appendix and cost sheet for "substantive purposes" and failed to assign the burden of proving the plaintiff was not entitled to benefits to the defendant, the opinion said.
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Emily Cousins
I'm a litigation reporter for Connecticut Law Tribune, covering litigation wins, verdict news, settlements, interesting cases, etc. Contact me with tips at [email protected].
