Young's Case

The employer, Cape Cod Hospital, appeals from a judgment entered by a single justice of this court affirming a decision of the Department of Industrial Accidents reviewing board1 awarding worker’s compensation benefits to the employee, an emergency room technician, who alleged that she became infected with the hepatitis C virus at work. The only expert medical evidence on the question of causation was the report and deposition of an independent medical examiner (IME) appointed from the roster of impartial physicians pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 11 A, as amended by St. 1991, c. 398, § 30. The…