PINTO v. ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 92-P-656.

35 Mass. App. Ct. 253 (1993)

618 N.E.2d 1372

JAIME PINTO vs. ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

September 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Tucker (Barbara S. Liftman with him) for Weinstein, Bernstein & Burwick, P.C.

Marc LaCasse (Marjorie O. Dresser with him) for McCormack & Epstein.

Present: PERRETTA, GILLERMAN, & GREENBERG, JJ.


GREENBERG, J.

Compromise is often the solution to a dispute over the division of legal fees, but the law firms of McCormack & Epstein and Weinstein, Bernstein, & Burwick (Weinstein) failed to bridge the distance separating them. Under G.L.c. 152, § 15, a statute which governs the distribution of the proceeds of a third-party action as between the injured employee and the workers' compensation insurer...

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