Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The employer, Sears, Roebuck & Company, appeals from a decision of the Appellate Division affirming the denial by the Workers’ Compensation Commission of the employer’s petition for coordination of benefits. The Commission held that, pursuant to 39 M.R.S.A. § 62-B (1989), 1 an employer is not entitled to a coordination of compensation benefits when an employee rolls pension benefits over into an individual retirement- account (IRA) until those funds are distributed from the IRA. We affirm the decision.

The record reflects the following undisputed facts: the employee, Kenneth…