SPANIOL'S CASE

No. 11-P-114.

81 Mass. App. Ct. 437 (2012)

BRUCE SPANIOL'S CASE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Berg for the employee.

Kimberly Davis Crear for the insurer.

Present: GRAHAM, RUBIN, & WOLOHOJIAN, JJ.


WOLOHOJIAN, J.

At issue is whether the AIM Mutual Insurance Company (AIM) was entitled to use the payment-reduction provision of G. L. c. 152, § 13A(10), which (in certain circumstances) permits a workers' compensation insurer who makes prompt payment of benefits to an injured employee to reduce the amount payable by the amount it statutorily owes to the employee's attorney. Relying on this provision, AIM applied the reduction to the amount it owed to an injured...

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