Connecticut Top Court Finds Workers’ Comp Court Can Reinstate Dismissed Claims

(December 15, 2016, 12:05 PM EST) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The complexity of asbestos cases requires that the workers’ compensation commissioner have the power to grant provisional dismissals to “clear the room” and then reinstate claims as necessary, Connecticut’s top court held in an opinion set for release on Dec. 20 (John Graham, et al. v. Olson Wood Associates Inc., et al., No. SC 19626, Conn. Sup.; 2016 Conn. LEXIS 371)....

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