BROWN v. W.T. MARTIN PLUMBING & HEATING

No. 11-270.

72 A.3d 346 (2013)

2013 VT 38

Robert BROWN v. W.T. MARTIN PLUMBING & HEATING, INC.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Norman O'Connor, Jr. , North Adams, Massachusetts, and Donovan & O'Connor, LLP, Bennington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey W. Spencer of Law Office of Jeffrey W. Spencer, CPCU, Essex Junction, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND and ROBINSON, JJ., and EATON, Supr. J., Specially Assigned.


ROBINSON, J.

¶ 1. The central question in this case is whether the workers' compensation laws preclude an impairment rating and associated award of permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits to an injured worker on account of impairment associated with a condition known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) where a claimant is not diagnosed with CRPS under the criteria listed in Chapter 16 of the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent...

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