COVID-19 ADVISORY: Connecticut Governor issues an Executive Order establishing a rebuttable presumption of compensability for all COVID claims from 3/10/2020 to 5/20/2020
TWO NEW ENGLAND STATES HAVE ENACTED COVID-19 LEGISLATION PROVIDING PRESUMPTIVE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR COVID-19 CLAIMS *CONNECTICUT* On July 24, 2020, Connecticut Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7JJJ establishing a rebuttable presumption of compensability for all COVID-19 claims from 3/10/2020 to 5/20/2020. The Order states, in summary, that there is a rebuttable presumption that an employee who is seeking…