High Court Clarifies Claim Deadline for Workers Receiving Old-Age Social Security Benefits

Maine’s highest court clarified the filing deadline for claims involving workers' compensation and old-age Social Security benefits. Case: Charest v. Hydraulic Hose & Assemblies LLC, No. WCB-20-178, 03/30/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Robert Charest worked for Hydraulic Hose & Assemblies LLC. He suffered a low-back injury in April 2001 and a hernia injury in May 2001. Charest began receiving Social Security old-age benefits in 2003. In August 2004, he filed a petition seeking benefits for the two 2001 injuries and a new injury he allegedly sustai...