Williams v. Tyson's Food, Inc.

[¶ 1] Tyson’s Food, Inc. appeals from a decision of a hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Jerome, HO) determining that Diana Williams was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits after she had been fired from a post-injury job for excessive late arrivals at work. Tyson’s contends that 39-A M.R.S. § 214(1)(E) (2005) prohibits an award of benefits when an employee loses post-injury employment due to fault, and -that the *196hearing officer erred in construing the term “fault” too narrowly. We affirm.

I. CASE HISTORY

[¶ 2] Williams injured her knee on June 19, 2002, when she slipped…