RICIGLIANO v. IDEAL FORGING CORP.

No. 17597.

912 A.2d 462 (2006)

280 Conn. 723

Joan RICIGLIANO v. IDEAL FORGING CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Carter, with whom were Donna Civitello, Woodbridge, and Richard Gross, Groton, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Richard Bartlett, East Hartford, with whom were Brian E. Prindle, Laurence P. McLoughlin and Jennifer Owens, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

Amy M. Stone, Groton, filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

BORDEN, NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


KATZ, J.

The issue we must decide in this appeal is when the limitations period under General Statutes § 31-294c (a)1 commences for filing a workers' compensation claim for an occupational disease if a claimant is diagnosed with a disease but has no knowledge of the causal connection between the disease and workplace exposure until some later point in time. The plaintiff, Joan Ricigliano, appeals from the decision of the compensation...

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