Rulings Require Payers to Audit PTD Claims for Underpayments

Two decisions handed down by the Minnesota Supreme Court more than a year ago will require claims managers to check their claims files to find out if any claimants had been underpaid because of improper offsets. Last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued two decisions which established that a worker's permanent total disability benefits may not be offset by the worker's concurrent receipt of any retirement benefits other than Social Security or any government benefits that are not compensation for a disability. In light of the court's rulings in Ekdahl v. Independent School Di...