CLOSE v. SUPERIOR EXCAVATING CO.

No. 96-072.

693 A.2d 729 (1997)

James CLOSE v. SUPERIOR EXCAVATING CO.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leighton C. Detora of Valsangiacomo, Detora & McQuesten, P.C., Barre, for plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant.

John A. Serafino of Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for defendant-appellant.

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


JOHNSON, Justice.

Employer Superior Excavating appeals a decision of the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor and Industry requiring payment of workers' compensation benefits for nursing services provided by claimant's spouse. Claimant cross-appeals the measure of benefits awarded by the Commissioner. We affirm.

In October 1988 claimant suffered a severe head injury during an accident at work. Following a lengthy hospital stay, he returned home...

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