Ricci v. Mercy Hospital

[¶ 1] Mercy Hospital appeals from a decision of a hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board granting Mary Ricci’s petition to increase her weekly benefit payment. Prior to the decision, the employee had been receiving benefits based on a determination of her pre-injury average weekly wage without the inclusion of fringe benefits because such inclusion of fringe benefits would have resulted in a benefit level in excess of two-thirds the *251state average weekly wage at the time of her injury. See 39-A M.R.S.A. § 102(4)(H) (2001). In response to Ricci’s petition, the hearing officer…