CASE NO. 03773 CRB-08-98-02 CLAIM NO. 800003161Workers’ Compensation Commission
SEPTEMBER 22, 1999
APPEARANCES: The claimant appeared on his own behalf.
The respondent Arnco Sign Company and CNA Insurance were represented by Diane Lord, Esq., Law Offices of Grant Miller, Jr., 29 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107-2445.
The respondents Meriden Auto Body and Peerless Insurance were represented by Dominic Statile, Esq., Montstream May, 655 Winding Brook Drive, P.O. Box 1087, Glastonbury, CT 06033, who did not appear at oral argument.
The respondents Neligon’s Auto Center and The Hartford Insurance Group were represented by Joseph Skelly, Esq., Edward Henfey Associates, 55 Farmington Ave., Suite 500, Hartford, CT 06105, who did not appear at oral argument.
This Petition for Review from the February 3, 1998 Finding and Award of the Commissioner acting for the Eighth District was heard February 26, 1999 before a Compensation Review Board panel consisting of the Commission Chairman Jesse M. Frankl and Commissioners Stephen B. Delaney and John A. Mastropietro.
OPINION
JESSE M. FRANKL, CHAIRMAN.
The claimant has petitioned for review from the February 3, 1998 Finding and Award of the Commissioner acting for the Eighth District. In that decision the trial commissioner concluded that the claimant suffered compensable injuries to his back, neck, and arms due to repetitive trauma while employed by the respondent Arnco Sign Company. In support of his appeal, the claimant seeks payment of unpaid medical bills, including those for chiropractic treatment and physical therapy.
Because the trial commissioner did not make any findings regarding these medical bills, we are unable to review this issue on appeal. “No case under this Act should be finally determined when the court . . . is of the opinion that, through inadvertence, or otherwise, the facts have not been sufficiently found to render a just judgment.” Charette v. Jensen Mobile Home,10 Conn. Workers’ Comp. Rev. Op. 1, 3, 936 CRD-6-89-11 (March 19, 1991) (citation omitted). In the instant case, at oral argument before this board, the claimant was advised to request a hearing at the District level regarding his contention that the respondents had not paid for authorized medical treatment.
The trial commissioner’s decision is affirmed.
Commissioners Stephen B. Delaney and John A. Mastropietro concur.
CERTIFICATION THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT a copy of the foregoing was mailed this 22nd day of September 1999 to the following parties:
DONALD PARADIS Z 198 889 664 certified
ARNCO SIGN COMPANY
DIANE LORD, ESQ. Z 198 889 665 certified
DOMINIC STATILE, ESQ. Z 198 889 666 certified
JOSEPH SKELLY, ESQ. Z 198 889 667 certified
NELIGON’S AUTO CENTER
Lorraine Lockery Administrative Hearings Lead Specialist Compensation Review Board Workers’ Compensation Commission