Quadriplegic Claimant Loses Concurrent-Wage Decision

A Massachusetts appellate court begrudgingly ruled that state law bars a quadriplegic claimant from collecting compensation from the Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund for all of the concurrent wages he earned at the time of his work-related injury. The Massachusetts Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) decision in In re Michael Sellers's Case, No. 06-P-1445, 1/17/08. Michael Sellers had been working for John Havlin Tree Service, an uninsured employer, and Steve Miller Company, an insured employer, when a massive tree limb fell onto S...