Legal Opinion

Sellers's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 19, 2008PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.

In cases where the Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund (trust fund)2 is required to pay workers’ compensa-*805tian benefits because an employee suffers a work-related injury while in the employ of an employer who has failed to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, should those benefits be based on the employee’s total earnings, including concurrent wages earned from an insured employer, or based only on wages received from the uninsured employer? We conclude that the benefits should be based on the employee’s total average weekly wage, whether received from an insured or uninsured employer.

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Young v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  2. Mailhot v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Neff v. Commissioner of the Department of Industrial AccidentsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  4. Gillen's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  5. National Lumber Co. v. LeFrancois Construction Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Casseus v. E. Bus Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
  2. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
  3. Spaniol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  4. Boland v. George S. May International Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2012
  5. Meikle v. NurseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016

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