Abbott v. School Administrative District No. 53

[¶ 1] The employee, Katrina F. Abbott, appeals from a decision of a Hearing Officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board terminating partial incapacity benefits upon the expiration of 260 weeks of benefits, 39-A M.R.S.A. § 213 (Pamph. 1999). Abbott contends that, because she was receiving benefits on January 1, 1999, she is entitled to the 52-week extension for partial benefits that went into effect on January 1, 1999, pursuant to Board Rule 2, chapter 2. Me. W.C.B. Rule, ch. 2, § 2.2. Because the 260-week limitation for partial benefits had been reached during the preceding year when no…