HIGGINS v. H.P. HOOD, INC.


926 A.2d 1176 (2007)

2007 ME 94

Tina M. HIGGINS v. H.P. HOOD, INC., et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: July 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Daniel F. Gilligan, Esq. (orally), Troubh Heisler, Portland, for employer.

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


CLIFFORD, J.

[¶ 1] Tina M. Higgins, the employee, appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board hearing officer (Stovall, HO) determining that she suffers 3% permanent impairment as a result of a 2001 work injury to her right arm, incurred while she was employed by H.P. Hood, Inc. The hearing officer relied on the opinion of an independent medical examiner to find that Higgins's permanent impairment is 3%. Higgins does not contend that pursuant...

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