Opinion ID: 201784
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Heading: Relevant Massachusetts Policy

Text: 45 The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has described the very broad exclusivity provision of the workers' compensation scheme as its cornerstone. Berger v. H.P. Hood, Inc., 416 Mass. 652, 624 N.E.2d 947, 949 (1993). It has also cautioned courts against creating [a]ny change in compensation law which would permit a covered employee to recover compensation benefits and, in addition, permit litigation by the employee against his employer to recover for an injury clearly covered by the Workmen's Compensation Act. Longever v. Revere Copper & Brass Inc., 381 Mass. 221, 408 N.E.2d 857, 860 (1980). The instances in which a single legal entity ... will be liable under both the workers' compensation scheme and in a lawsuit for a single injury arising out of a single workplace incident are very rare. Barrett, 562 N.E.2d at 483. 46