Panel Upholds Interest Date On Workers’ Compensation Claim Against Insolvent Insurer

Mealey's (May 9, 2017, 10:17 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Interest for an employee’s workers’ compensation claim against an insolvent insurer starts from the date the Department of Industrial Accidents received notice of the claim resulting in the award of benefits, the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed May 8 (Jeffrey Comeau v. Enterprise Electronics Inc. and Eastern Casualty Insurance Co. in liquidation c/o Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund, No. 2016-P-0134, Mass. App., 2017 Mass. App. LEXIS 54)....