33 Conn. App. 495 | Conn. App. Ct. | 1994
The defendant appeals, pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § Sl-SOlb,
The plaintiff appealed the commissioner’s finding to the compensation review division on September 20, 1991, pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § 31-301 (a).
The review division may not disturb “[t]he conclusions drawn by [the commissioner] from the facts found . . . unless they result from an incorrect application of the law to the subordinate facts or from an inference illegally or unreasonably drawn from them.” Fair v. People’s Savings Bank, 207 Conn. 535, 539, 542 A.2d 1118 (1988); DeBarros v. Singleton, 21 Conn. App. 107, 110, 572 A.2d 69, cert. denied, 215 Conn. 808, 576 A.2d
“We accord great deference to the construction given to § 31-294 by the commissioner and the review division because they are both charged with its enforcement. Police Department v. State Board of Labor Relations, 225 Conn. 297, 300, 602 A.2d 1005 (1993); Board of Education v. State Board of Labor Relations, 217 Conn. 110, 119-20, 584 A.2d 1172 (1991).” Crochiere v. Board of Education, 227 Conn. 333, 354, 630 A.2d 1027 (1993). The review division and our court have considered the type of injury alleged in the notice of claim to be accurate for the purpose of reviewing the timeliness of the claim. See Pelletier v. Caron Pipe Jacking, Inc., supra; Dorsett v. General Dynamics Corp., 8 Conn. Workers’ Comp. Rev. Op. 77, aff’d, 23 Conn. App. 827, 584 A.2d 484 (1990), cert. denied, 218 Conn. 901, 588 A.2d 1076 (1991). The review division has repeatedly held that, as a matter of law, the date of injury of a repetitive trauma is the last day of exposure, which is usually the last date of employment. See Carvalko v. Bassick Co., 9 Conn. Workers’ Comp. Rev. Op. 258 (1991); Dorsett v. General Dynamics Corp., supra; Delos v. United Illuminating, 7 Conn. Workers’ Comp. Rev. Op. 111 (1989); Pich v. Pratt & Whitney, 4 Conn. Workers’ Comp. Rev. Op. 163 (1988). Our courts have endorsed this construction. Crochiere
The commissioner found that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant on August 2,1988,
The defendant also claims that the review division lacked the ability to determine a different date of injury because the plaintiffs motion to correct the commissioner’s finding was not proper. The defendant asserts that the plaintiff requested only an additional finding that the injury occurred on August 2, 1988, without requesting a deletion of the finding of injury on January 15, 1987. Further, the defendant asserts that the plaintiff failed to present evidence properly to the commissioner in support of the motion to correct.
The record fails to indicate that these claims were raised before the review division. “We have generally taken the position that we do not sit de novo on civil cases for arguments that have not been raised in the agency whose action we are reviewing.” Ancona v. Norwalk, 217 Conn. 50, 54 n.6, 584 A.2d 454 (1991). Accordingly, we decline to address these issues.
The decision of the compensation review division of the workers’ compensation commission is affirmed.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.
General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § 31-301b provides: “Any party aggrieved by the decision of the compensation review division upon any question or questions of law arising in the proceeding may appeal the decision of the compensation review division to the appellate court.”
General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § 31-297 provides in pertinent part: “(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, whenever liability to pay compensation is contested by the employer, he shall file with the compensation commissioner, on or before the twentieth day after he has received a written notice of claim, a notice in accord with a form prescribed by the commissioners .... If the employer or his legal representative fails to file the notice contesting liability within the time prescribed herein, the employer shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the compensability of such alleged injury . . . and shall have no right thereafter to contest the employee’s right to receive compensation on any grounds or the extent of his disability . . . .”
General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § 33-294 provides in pertinent part: “(a) Any employee who has sustained an injury in the course of his employment shall forthwith notify his employer, or some person representing his employer, of such injury; and, on his failure to give such notice, the commissioner may reduce the award of compensation proportionately to any prejudice which he finds the employer has sustained by reason of such failure .... No proceedings for compensation under the provisions of this
General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § 31-301 provides in pertinent part: “(a) At any time within ten days . . . after a decision of the commissioner upon a motion . . . either party may appeal therefrom to the compensation review division .... The compensation review division shall hear the appeal on the record of the hearing before the commissioner . . . .”
The commissioner stated: “On October 13, 1988 and for many years prior thereto, [the plaintiff] worked for the [defendant].”