Taylor v. the Trans-Lease Group

Under G. L. c. 152, § 15, which establishes when a right of reimbursement accrues for the benefit of a workers’ compensation insurer from any recovery against a third person, a Superior Court judge approved a settlement agreement which halved the insurer’s lien. We conclude that, on the case before us, the reduction of the insurer’s lien constituted error as matter of law. The material facts necessary to consider the question of law presented are not in dispute. We summarize them from the materials which were presented to the judge at the hearing held to decide whether to approve the…