Legal Opinion
Morales's Case
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 25, 2007No. 06-P-1154PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGrainger, J.
The Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund (fund)1 appeals a decision of the Department of Industrial Accidents reviewing board (board) awarding interest to the CNA Insurance Company (CNA) on a so-called second injury reimbursement. Disputed by the parties are concepts of sovereign immunity, the deference to which the board’s decision is entitled and, not least, the meaning of, and relationship between, the basic terms “payment” and “reimbursement” as they appear in G. L. c. 152.
1. Factual background. The facts are easily summarized and *425not in dispute. Theresa Morales sustained an injury to her…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hanlon v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commissioner of Revenue v. Cargill, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Surrey v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- White v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Daly v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Adams v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012