Court Finds Reinsurer Entitled to COLA Reimbursement

The Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a Department of Industrial Accidents Reviewing Board decision holding that a reinsurer was not entitled to reimbursement from the Workers' Compensation Trust Fund for cost-of-living adjustments paid to an injured worker. Although case law at the time supported denying Employers Reinsurance Corp.'s reimbursement requests, the board's decision was based on an appellate court ruling that the state's high court overruled for improperly expanding the list of entities that are not eligible for reimbursement from the trust fund. In addition t...