Wentworth v. Henry Becker Custom Building, Ltd.

AP&S obtained summary judgment on behalf of a general contractor in an explosion case where the plaintiffs, employees of a subcontractor, had accepted a lump sum payment of workers’ compensation benefits made by the insurer of a general contractor.  Based on the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation statute, the court ruled that the acceptance of payment acts as a release of all claims arising from the incident brought on behalf of the injured employees against the general contractor.