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This RSS feed contains links to the newest information and most recently updated materials on the State of Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission website.

• Online Coverage Verification Service Debuts
  The Workers' Compensation Commission is pleased to announce the newest addition to its website, the agency's first interactive online service. This new service, called Coverage Verification Service or CVS, enables you to quickly see whether or not a business operating in the State of Connecticut has workers' compensation insurance coverage.

  Our Coverage Verification Service provides information for (1) employers that have bought a workers' compensation insurance policy and (2) employers (both parent companies and their subsidiaries) that have obtained approval from the Workers' Compensation Commission to self-insure their workers' compensation liabilities. This information is based on the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) database, developed from insurance policy information reported to the Workers' Compensation Commission through its agent, NCCI.

  Click here to use our new Coverage Verification Service.

• Christmas Day and New Year's Day Holiday Closings
  The Workers' Compensation Commission will be closed on Thursday, December 25, 2008 in observance of Christmas Day.

  Normal business hours will resume on Friday, December 26th.

  The Commission will also be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2009 in observance of New Year's Day.

  Normal business hours will resume on Friday, January 2nd.

• CRB Calendar Weekly Update Posted
  The Workers' Compensation Commission is pleased to make available the following CRB Calendars. These calendars are updated every week, usually on Monday mornings, to accomodate ongoing changes to the CRB Hearing Schedule.

  January 23, 2009 CRB Calendar (PDF File: 8 pages; 44K; Last revised December 22, 2008)

  February 27, 2009 CRB Calendar (PDF File: 11 pages; 53K; Last revised December 22, 2008)

  March 27, 2009 CRB Calendar (PDF File: 10 pages; 49K; Last revised December 22, 2008)

  The Compensation Review Board Calendars are available on this site in Adobe PDF format and require the use of Adobe's free Adobe Reader. If you need to obtain the free Adobe Reader, follow this Adobe Reader link to Adobe Software's website, download and install the Reader on your computer, then return to this feed or to the Compensation Review Board (CRB) Calendars page on our website.

• CRB Opinions Posted to the Site - December 15, 2008
  Read the following Compensation Review Board Opinions, newly posted to our website:

  Carnes v. State of Connecticut Department of Correction
  (Case No. 5308 CRB-8-07-12) - December 8, 2008

  Flood v. Travelers Property & Casualty
  (Case No. 5267 CRB-1-07-8) - December 8, 2008

  Hernandez v. Pizzaria 101 and Family
  (Case No. 5254 CRB-2-07-7) - December 8, 2008

  Ialacci v. Hartford Medical Group
  (Case No. 5306 CRB-1-07-12) - December 2, 2008

• CRB Opinions Posted to the Site - December 1, 2008
  Read the following Compensation Review Board Opinions, newly posted to our website:

  Potvin v. Lincoln Service & Equipment
  (Case No. 5258 CRB-3-07-8) - November 12, 2008

  Schenkel v. Richard Chevrolet, Inc.
  (Case No. 5302 CRB-8-07-12) - November 21, 2008

• CRB Opinions Posted to the Site - November 5, 2008
  Read the following Compensation Review Board Opinions, newly posted to our website:

  DaSilva v. City of Danbury
  (Case No. 5263 CRB-7-07-8) - November 5, 2008

  Grant v. Siemens Westinghouse Power Co.
  (Case No. 5292 CRB-4-07-11) - October 28, 2008

  Tufts v. Cary/New England Building
  (Case No. 5297 CRB-7-07-11) - November 5, 2008

• UPDATE TO ADOBE READER 9 to Access Commission Forms and Publications
  The Workers' Compensation Commission has added several updated forms and publications to our site during the past several months and, unfortunately, some of our customers have reported difficulties in accessing these documents on our site. Please accept our sincere apology for any inconvenience you may have encountered while unsuccessfully attempting to access our online documents.

  As an initial step to address reported problems, we have removed all encryption (password protection) from more than 80 forms and publications; hopefully this step will alleviate any difficulties related to encryption on our documents.

  We have also found that most often our customers who have reported these problems are using outdated versions of the Adobe Reader (formerly called the Acrobat Reader); some customers have Readers as old as 8 or 10 years, back to version 4, whereas the most up-to-date version of the Adobe Reader is version 9. It is a testament to the high quality of the Adobe Reader software that version 4 or 5 Readers have been able to provide robust service to computer users for so many years; however, no version of any software will provide compatibility forever and naturally, as the pace of technological change quickens, newer software will usually offer not only better compatibility, but in addition will usually provide greater security, enhanced reliability, and more advanced functionality. While we do make every effort to make our online information as “backward-compatible” as possible, we cannot always ensure that outdated software will be able to properly handle documents created in our own up-to-date software. Therefore, we ask that you assist in this effort by upgrading to the newest version of the Adobe Reader, version 9, which is available FREE of charge from Adobe Software:

  Click here for the FREE Adobe Reader 9 from Adobe Software.

  NOTE: Some customers have reported using a “full” version of Adobe’s Acrobat software (any version). It is indeed possible to use both a “full” version of Adobe’s Acrobat software alongside a new version Adobe Reader 9. Our experience has been, however, that if you are using any other Adobe READER software, you will have a problem, because your operating system (Microsoft Windows, for most customers) will not know which is the “correct” Adobe Reader. Before installing any new Adobe Reader, please un-install any old version(s) of the Adobe (or Acrobat) Reader you may have presently installed on your computer.

• CRB Opinions Posted to the Site - October 29, 2008
  Read the following Compensation Review Board Opinions, newly posted to our website:

  Martinez v. C. Palmer & Sons et al.
  (Case No. 5252 CRB-8-07-7) - October 21, 2008

  Thomas v. State of Connecticut Dept. of Developmental Services
  (Case No. 5293 CRB-8-07-11) - October 22, 2008

• CRB Opinions Posted to the Site - October 24, 2008
  Read the following Compensation Review Board Opinions, newly posted to our website:

  Derrane v. City of Hartford et al.
  (Case No. 5290 CRB-6-07-11) - October 15, 2008

  Hirth v. MG Electric & Construction, Inc.
  (Case No. 5301 CRB-6-07-11) - October 17, 2008

  Jones v. Town of Redding
  (Case No. 5223 CRB-7-07-4) - October 15, 2008

  Mele v. City of Hartford
  (Case No. 5286 CRB-1-07-10) - October 10, 2008

• CRB Opinions Posted to the Site - October 9, 2008
  Read the following Compensation Review Board Opinions, newly posted to our website:

  Clarizio v. Brennan Construction Company
  (Case No. 5281 CRB-5-07-10) - September 24, 2008

  Davis v. State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families
  (Case No. 5179 CRB-8-07-1) - September 17, 2008