Brittingham v. St. Michael's Rectory

HOLLAND, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Superior Court by the claimant-appellant, Bertha Brittingham. Britting-ham sustained a compensable injury to her cervical spine during the course of her employment by the employer-appellee, St. Michael’s Rectory. The Superior Court affirmed a decision by the Industrial Accident Board (the “Board”) that Brittingham forfeited the right to continued compensation by refusing her employer’s offer of reasonable medical treatment.

In this appeal, Brittingham argues that the Board and the Superior Court erred, as a matter of law, in…