SMITH v. HANNAFORD BROS. CO.


940 A.2d 1079 (2008)

2008 ME 8

Gail SMITH v. HANNAFORD BROTHERS CO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: January 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lambert, Jr., Esq., L. Dennis Carillo, Esq., Portland, ME, for the appellant.

Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq., McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Topsham, ME, for the appellee.

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


SILVER, J.

[¶ 1] Hannaford Brothers Co. appeals from a decision of a Workers' Compensation Board hearing officer (Knopf HO) establishing that Gail Smith suffers a 27% permanent impairment as a result of the combined effects of three workplace injuries that occurred in 1986, 1997 and 2002 respectively. Hannaford contends that pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 213(1-A)(B)(1) (2007), it was error for the hearing officer to stack impairment resulting from the...

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