Opinion
(SC 16076)
Argued March 22, 2000
Officially released April 25, 2000
Appeal from the order of the chairman of the workers' compensation commission transferring from the second district to the first district the plaintiff's application for dependent spouse benefits, brought to the Appellate Court, which, sua sponte, dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and/or an appealable final judgment, and the plaintiff, on the granting of certification, appealed to this court, which denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the appeal. Appeal dismissed.
Nathan J. Shafner, with whom was Matthew Shafner, for the appellant (plaintiff).
James P. Berryman, with whom, on the brief, were Neil J. Ambrose, Andrew A. Cohen and Kerri Kelemen, for the appellees (defendants).
William F. Gallagher filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.
Opinion
After examining the record on appeal and considering the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, we have determined that the appeal in this case should be dismissed on the ground that certification was granted improvidently.
We granted the plaintiff's petition for certification to appeal from the January 13, 1999 order of the Appellate Court dismissing the appeal, limited to the following issues: (1) "Whether the transfer order of the chairman of the workers' compensation commission was a final judgment over which the Appellate Court had jurisdiction?"; and (2) "Whether the chairman of the workers' compensation commission must articulate specific reasons when tranferring a case from one district to another?" Fridge v. First Step, Inc., 248 Conn. 903, 903-904, 733 A.2d 223 (1999).