Pro Se Employee Failed to Meet her Burden of Proof
Susan Fritts2025-05-14T17:27:41+00:00Merchant v. Maine Dept. of Health & Human Services (Decision 25-06)- where pro se employee must abide by workers’ compensation [...]
Within the Purview of an ALJ to Choose Among Medical Expert Opinions
Susan Fritts2025-04-18T17:31:14+00:00Teresa Moffitt v. Fastenal Company (Dec. No. 25-05)- Where medical expert opinion on causation of thoracic outlet syndrome was ambiguous, [...]
Comparative Medical Evidence
Susan Fritts2025-04-11T17:46:28+00:00Bickford v. Central Maine Healthcare Corp. (Dec. No. 25-4)- Where employer relied on medical evidence that head injury resolved nine [...]
Petition for Award (Fatal) Granted to Former Spouse
Susan Fritts2025-02-28T18:56:53+00:00Brewster v. S.D. Warren Company- Where the ALJ found former 39 M.R.S.A sec. 58 to be unambiguous and its plain [...]
ALJ Decision Upheld Because Section 201(5) Issue Not Raised at Hearing
Susan Fritts2025-02-28T18:48:50+00:00April Moon v. Northern Lights EMMC- Where the employer failed to raise a subsequent non-work injury issue at hearing level [...]
Right to Compensation Forfeited During Period of Refusal of Medical Exam
Susan Fritts2025-01-15T18:24:18+00:00Al-Tamini v. R.J. Grondin- Where the ALJ found the employee lacked adequate cause to refuse reasonable medical exam under 39-A [...]
Issue Not Raised at Hearing Not Preserved for Appeal
Susan Fritts2025-01-15T18:15:51+00:00Sherry Haley v. RSU 78 – Where the employer failed to raise the issue at hearing level of whether contrary [...]
Competing Medical Expert Opinions
Susan Fritts2025-01-15T18:04:59+00:00Anthony Davis v. Mayo Regional Hosp.- Where there was competent medical evidence in the record that work related Covid-19 was [...]
Interpretation of Prior Decrees
Susan Fritts2024-12-11T15:42:20+00:00Kurt Feiereisen v. Boise Cascade- Where a 2009 decree payment order on a 1987 injury was ambiguous and the Appellate [...]
Choosing between Two Competing Medical Expert Opinions
Susan Fritts2024-12-11T15:34:47+00:00Kenneth Hughes v. First Fleet, Inc.- Where the ALJ has discretion to choose between two competing medical expert opinions on [...]