HUNTER v. MIDWEST COAST TRANSPORT, INC.


400 Mass. 779 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 615

MILTON J. HUNTER vs. MIDWEST COAST TRANSPORT, INC., & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Crane for the plaintiff.

Gary D. Buseck (Richard L. Neumeier with him) for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

This case presents the following question certified to this court by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts: "With respect to third-party recoveries by employees whose injuries are covered by [the workers' compensation act, G.L.c. 152], does Massachusetts law require that the attorney's fees and costs paid by an employee, as well as the amount of compensation already paid by the insurer...

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