16 A.2d 285 | Conn. | 1940
The plaintiff suffered an injury while in the employ of the defendant Morganti which it is not disputed was within the scope of the Compensation Act. The matter came before the commissioner upon the claim of the defendant Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company that at the time of the injury its liability under a policy of insurance it had previously *707
issued to Morganti had terminated by reason of cancelation. The commissioner held the company liable, this decision was sustained in the Superior Court and the company has appealed to this Court. The facts are that on August 1, 1938, a notice was sent to Morganti from the Bridgeport office of the company stating that the policy would be canceled on August 11, 1938. The home office of the company was informed of this and it sent a notice of cancelation to the workmen's compensation commissioner for the first district, in accordance with the rules of the board of commissioners, but by reason of a mistake of a clerk in the home office this notice stated that the cancelation would be effective on August 18, 1938. The injury occurred on August 12, 1938. The statutes require that every insurance company writing compensation insurance shall report, in writing, to the board of commissioners the name of the person or corporation insured and the day on which the policy is to become effective and the date of its expiration; and, further, that the cancelation of any policy so written and reported shall not become effective until one week after the notice of such cancelation has been filed with the board. General statutes, § 5291. In Piscitello v. Boscarello,
There is no error.