IN RE COMEAU'S CASE

No. 16-P-134.

91 Mass. App. Ct. 449 (2017)

JEFFREY COMEAU'S CASE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Brangwynne & John G. Neylon, Sr. , for the employee.

Paul M. Moretti for Massachusetts Insurance Insolvency Fund.

Margo A. Sutton for Wasau Insurance Company.

Present: GRAINGER, WOLOHOJIAN, & NEYMAN, JJ.


At issue is the meaning of the word "claim" as it appears in G. L. c. 152, § 50, which requires that interest be assessed on unpaid workers' compensation claims from "the date of the receipt of the notice of the claim by the department." The reviewing board (board) of the Department of Industrial Accidents (department) concluded...

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