DAVIS v. NORWICH

(15066)

232 Conn. 311 (1995)

LUCY DAVIS v. CITY OF NORWICH ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Bartlett, for the appellants (named defendant et al.).

Carolyn A. Signorelli, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and William J. McCullough, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant Second Injury Fund).

PETERS, C. J., and BERDON, NORCOTT, KATZ and PALMER, JS.


KATZ, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the failure by the named defendant, the city of Norwich, timely to file a notice of its intent to transfer to the defendant second injury fund (fund) its liability for its employee's claim for disability compensation prevents it from later transferring a claim by the employee's widow for death benefits. We conclude that it does.

The following facts are undisputed. On March 24, 1984, Leo Davis (decedent...

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