McCARTHY'S CASE

No. 05-P-1164.

66 Mass. App. Ct. 541 (2006)

CHRISTOPHER McCARTHY'S CASE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Sutton (Gregory G. Skouteris with him) for the employer.

Joseph M. Burke for the employee.

Present: Kantrowitz, Cohen, & Green, JJ.


KANTROWITZ, J.

Today we hold that a self-insurer may not disregard an order of payment, pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 34, and fashion its own remedy even if it theoretically fully compensates the injured employee. When faced with the situation in which it found itself, the employer, rather than unilaterally imposing its own payment plan, in contravention of a clear and unequivocal order, should have presented its alternate plan to the administrative judge for his...

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