Workers Compensation Commission Authority In Connecticut

"We will not review the facts as found by the commissioner. Our role is to determine whether the review board's decision results from an incorrect application of the law to the subordinate facts or from an inference illegally or unreasonably drawn from them. Adzima v. UAC/Norden Division, 177 Conn. 107, 118, 411 A.2d 924 (1979); Luddie v. Foremost Ins. Co., 5 Conn. App. 193, 196, 497 A.2d 435 (1985)." Aurora v. Miami Plumbing & Heating, Inc., 6 Conn. App. 45, 47, 502 A.2d 952 (1986). "The power and duty of determining the facts rests on the commissioner, who is the trier of fact. Fair v. People's Savings Bank, 207 Conn. 535, 539 542 A.2d 1118 (1988), citing Czeplicki v. Fafnir Bearing Co., 137 Conn. 454, 457 78 A.2d 339 (1951). This authority to find the facts entitles the commissioner to determine the weight of the evidence presented and the credibility of the testimony offered by lay and expert witnesses. Tovish v. Gerber Electronics, 32 Conn. App. 595, 599 630 A.2d 136 (1993), appeal dismissed, 229 Conn. 587 642 A.2d 721 (1994)." Funaioli v. New London, 52 Conn. App. 194, 197, 726 A.2d 626 (1999).