Lydia Diamond v. Burlington Free Press

¶ 1. This case requires us to determine whether a workers' compensation award of permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits based on damage to the C4-6 levels of claimant's cervical spine precludes a subsequent award of PPD benefits, more than six years later, for damage to the C3-4 levels of claimant's spine that arose, over time, from the same work injury. Claimant Lydia Diamond appeals the summary judgment decision of the Commissioner of the Department of Labor denying her claim for PPD benefits associated with the C3-4 levels of her spine. The Commissioner determined that claimant's…