Lavoie v. Re-Harvest, Inc.

[¶ 1] Re-Harvest, Inc., appeals from a judgment of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer (Goodnough, HO) granting a claim for discrimination under the Workers’ Compensation Act. We review whether an employer who terminates an employee who is unable to perform any work within weeks of a substantial work injury, but otherwise complies in full with the Act, has engaged in discrimination pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 353 (2008). On the facts found by the hearing officer, we conclude that it has not, and we vacate a contrary conclusion of the hearing officer.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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