SANDERS v. SEASIDE NURSING HOME


861 A.2d 1283 (2004)

2004 ME 135

Anna M. SANDERS v. SEASIDE NURSING HOME et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: November 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Neil Young, Esq. (orally), McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A., Topsham, for employee.

Robert W. Bower Jr., Esq. (orally), Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, for employer.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.


RUDMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Seaside Nursing Home appeals from a decision of a hearing officer of the Workers' Compensation Board (Jerome, HO), granting Anna M. Sanders's petition for award. Seaside contends that, because the hearing officer found Sanders's condition returned to baseline shortly after the exposure, Seaside has no ongoing obligation to pay incapacity benefits. We agree and vacate the decision.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Anna M. Sanders...

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