Legal Opinion
Colson v. Town of Randolph
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 18, 2011No. 10-245PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. This is a case of avoidable error and its consequences. The Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT), the workers’ compensation insurance carrier for the Town of Randolph, settled a compensation claim of claimant Stacey Colson and paid the settlement amount to the Office of Child Support (OCS) pursuant to a trustee process that OCS had issued to collect claimant’s back child support payments. The error was that VLCT failed to deduct the amount of an attorney’s fee lien granted by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor (DOL) to claimant’s lawyer. VLCT acted with the understanding…
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