SC20836 - Ajdini v. Frank Lill & Son, Inc. (“The sole issue in this appeal is whether an employer meets its statutory obligation pursuant to General Statutes § 31-294c (b) to ‘file’ notice of its intention to contest liability to pay compensation for an employee’s workers’ compensation claim by placing that notice in the mail within the twenty-eight day statutory period, regardless of whether that notice is received after the statutory period has elapsed. The defendants, Frank Lill & Son, Inc. (employer), and its workers’ compensation carriers, appeal from the decision of the Compensation Review Board (board) affirming the decision of the administrative law judge for the Fourth District of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission), who granted the motion to preclude filed by the plaintiff, Ajredin Ajdini. On appeal, the defendants claim that the board incorrectly concluded that the employer had not timely complied with its statutory obligation under § 31-294c (b) to contest liability because it placed the notice in the mail within the statutory period, and ‘mailing’ is the same as ‘filing’ for purposes of § 31-294c (b). We disagree with the defendants and, accordingly, affirm the decision of the board.”)