YEAGER v. ALVAREZ

No. 32702.

38 A.3d 1224 (2012)

134 Conn.App. 112

Donna YEAGER v. Maria ALVAREZ et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana M. Hrelic , with whom was Karen L. Dowd , Hartford, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Bridget M. Ciarlo , for the appellee (intervening plaintiff).

LAVINE, BEACH and ALVORD, Js.


BEACH, J.

This case presents the issue of how proceeds of a negligence action are to be distributed between the employer, which intervened for the purpose of recovering workers' compensation payments, and the employee's attorney. We hold that the "reasonable and necessary" expenditures recoverable under General Statutes § 31-293(a) are different from the enumerated fees and costs recoverable from an opposing party in a civil action. The plaintiff-employee, Donna...

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