Injured Guard Was Entitled to Continue Getting 'Assault Pay' after Retirement

The Appeals Court of Massachusetts ruled that a corrections officer who was injured by inmate violence was entitled to receive "assault pay" for as long as he received workers' compensation benefits. Case: Flaherty v. Sheriff of Suffolk County, No. 14-P-778, 03/16/2015, published. Facts: George H. Flaherty, a Suffolk County corrections officer, suffered injuries as a result of prisoner violence in January 2006. An administrative judge of the Department of Industrial Accidents found that he was partially disabled and awarded him workers' compensation benefits beginning ...