Gill v. Brescome Barton, Inc.

Summary

The Connecticut Supreme Court held that, under the unusual circumstances of a claimant’s simultaneous bilateral knee replacement surgeries arising from separate compensable injuries, a workers’ compensation commissioner had authority to require one insurance carrier to reimburse another for one-half of the claimant’s temporary total disability payments. The court concluded that the commissioner’s allocation was a reasonable means of avoiding double recovery while preventing one carrier from becoming a free rider. The court affirmed the Appellate Court’s judgment.