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Parker Scheer LLP
Boston Office
1 Constitution Plz
Boston, Massachusetts
02129
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Phone: 617-886-0500
Fax: 617-886-0100
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The death of an employee on the job is tragic.
The Massachusetts Workers Compensation Act provides survivorship
benefits to the statutory dependents of the deceased employee
that can continue for many years. In addition to the weekly
worker compensation check, the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation
Act also provides a limited burial payment as well as the
costs of any probate filings, including legal fees. The filings
can be quite expensive, especially if minor children are involved.
A surviving spouse is entitled to receive 2/3
of his or her spouse's average weekly wage for a period of
250 weeks provided that the survivor does not remarry. These
benefits are payable only if the spouse is living with the
deceased employee at the time of death. The law does recognize
that if there is reasonable cause for the spouses to be apart
the benefit is payable. Benefits can be extended indefinitely
if the survivor is not fully self-sufficient when the 250
weeks lapse.
The dependent children of a deceased employee
are entitled to share in the payments made as a result of
the death of a parent. The total weekly benefit is distributed
to both the eligible surviving spouse and the deceased's children
in a formula defined in the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation
Act which does not require the children to be living with
the deceased parent when he or she dies. The children, however,
must be dependent upon the deceased for their support. Each
dependent child's benefits cease when they become emancipated
or no longer meet the statutory definition of a dependent
child. The total amount of the weekly check remains the same
regardless of the number of dependents, and as children are
emancipated, the amount paid to the remaining dependents increases.
The Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Act,
in certain instances, also allows payments of survivorship
benefits to parents of the deceased worker providing the parents
are dependent upon the deceased employee for their support.
While there is absolutely nothing, which will
replace the loss of a loved one, the Massachusetts Workers'
Compensation Act does provide some assistance. In addition,
the family of the deceased employee may also be entitled to
Social Security benefits based upon the deceased employee’s
earning records. This should also be explored.
To speak with a highly experienced workers’
compensation lawyer, click
here, or telephone Parker Scheer LLP seven days
a week, toll free at 886-414-0400. There is no fee charged
to discuss your case, and all information furnished will be
kept strictly confidential.
Massachusetts
Workers' Compensation - F.A.Q's
Massachusetts
Premier Workers' Compensation Lawyers
Other Massachusetts Workers'
Compensation Resources
Massachusetts
Workers' Compensation Act
Massachusetts
Department of Industrial Accidents
Injured
Worker's Guide (Publication of Mass. Department of Labor)
The
Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau
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Parker Scheer LLP lawyers handle workers' compensation claims in Massachusetts towns including Acton, Amesbury, Amherst, Andover, Arlington,
Ashburnham, Ashfield, Ashland, Athol, Attleborough, Barnstable,
Barre, Bedford, Belmont, Berkley, Berlin, Bolton, Boston, Boxborough,
Boxford, Boylston, Bradford, Braintree, Burlington, Buzzards
Bay, Cambridge, Carlisle, Charlemont, Charlestown, Charlton,
Chelmsford, Chelsea, Clinton, Concord, Danvers, Dedham, Deerfield,
Dudley, Duxbury, East Longmeadow, Essex, Fall River, Fitchburg,
Foxboro, Framingham, Franklin, Freetown, Gardner, Gill, Gloucester,
Granby, Groveland, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanover, Haverhill, Holbrook,
Holliston, Holyoke, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Ipswich,
Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leominster, Lexington
Lincoln, Lowell, Ludlow, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Marblehead,
Marlborough, Marshfield, Maynard, Melrose, Methuen, Methuen,
Middleborough, Middlefield, Milford, Milton, Monterey, Nantucket,
Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton,
North Attleborough, North Brookfield, Northampton, Northborough,
Paxton, Peabody, Pepperell, Pittsfield, Plymouth Provincetown,
Quincy, Reading, Richmond, Rockport, Rowe, Rowley, Salem, Saugus,
Sherborn, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stoughton, Stow, Sturbridge,
Sudbury, Templeton, Topsfield, Townsend, Truro, Upton, Wakefield,
Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, West Boylston, West
Newbury Westborough, Westford, Weston, Westport, Williamstown,
Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Woburn, Worcester, Yarmouth.
Parker Scheer also provides referral services for personal injury
lawyers in states other than Massachusetts.
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