Legal Opinion
Weitzel v. Travelers Insurance Companies
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 17, 1994PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The plaintiff, Evelyn J. Weitzel, filed a complaint in Superior Court to enforce an agreement with the defendant, Travelers Insurance Companies (Travelers), to pay workers’ compensation benefits. The complaint alleged unlawful discontinuance of benefits in violation of G. L. c. 152, § 8 (1992 ed.). A judge in the Superior Court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Weitzel appealed. We transferred the case on our own motion. We conclude that the.Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) has primary jurisdiction to hear workers’ compensation claims. Therefore, under…
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