Corbett v. Plymouth Township

The question presented concerns statutory coordination of weekly worker’s compensation benefits with a lump sum paid to the employee pursuant to his election for early withdrawal, in full liquidation of his interest, from a pension or retirement program established or maintained by his employer.

The statute1 provides that the employer’s obligation to remit weekly worker’s compensation payments shall be reduced by the proportion of payments, “with *529respect to the same time period” as the worker’s compensation payment, from a pension or retirement program represented by the employer’s…