LaPointe v. United Engineers & Constructors

ROBERTS, Justice.

In a 1991 decision of the former Workers’ Compensation Commission, United Engineers & Constructors was permitted to offset its obligation to pay weekly workers’ compensation benefits to its employee, Norman LaPointe, by the payments that LaPointe received pursuant to a Massachusetts decree. After LaPointe obtained a lump-sum settlement of his claim against his Massachusetts employer, the Workers’ Compensation Board granted LaPointe’s petition for an order of payment, ruling that United Engineers was no longer entitled to the offset and must reinstate weekly benefits. Because…