Terms of Worker's Settlement Bar Later Claim for Causally Related Injury

The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that the terms of a worker’s lump sum settlement for an injury to her right shoulder barred her from later bringing a claim for a causally related injury to her left shoulder. Case: Lamport’s Case, No. 21-P-622, 04/28/2022, published. Facts: Mary Lamport worked for Draper Place as a resident services assistant at an assisted living facility. She injured her right shoulder and neck in April 2016 while lifting a resident out of a wheelchair. Lamport underwent surgery in February 2017 to repair her rotator cuff. Before the surgery, Lamport was...