In a case of first impression, Maine's high court ruled that an employer paying workers' comp benefits is entitled to a credit against its liability to account for overpayments previously made while the employee was receiving Social Security retirement benefits.
Case: Urrutia v. Interstate Brands International, No. 2018 ME 24, 02/08/2018, published.
Facts and Procedural History: Victor Urrutia began working for Interstate Brands in 2001. In 2009, when he was 62, he was injured in a workplace fall.
Interstate began paying Urrutia total incapacity workers' compensat...
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