Higgins v. H.P. Hood, Inc.

[¶ 1] Tina M. Higgins, the employee, appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer (Sto-vall, HO) determining that she suffers 3% permanent impairment as a result of a 2001 work injury to her right arm, incurred while she was employed by H.P. Hood, Inc. The hearing officer relied on the opinion of an independent medical examiner to find that Higgins’s permanent impairment is 3%. Higgins does not contend that pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 312(7) (2006) there is clear and convincing evidence to contradict the medical findings of the independent medical examiner (IME).…