Doucette v. Hallsmith/Sysco Food Services, Inc.

[¶ 1] Hallsmith/Sysco Food Services, Inc., has filed a notice of appeal and a motion for a stay of enforcement of a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer (Collier; HO) awarding Matthew Doucette total incapacity benefits from April 1, 2004, through April 13, 2009, with appropriate offsets, for a violation of Me. W.C.B. Rule, ch. 1, § 1, the “fourteen-day rule.” 1 The fourteen-day rule requires that an employer accept a claim, pay without prejudice pending an investigation, or file a notice of controversy “[w]ithin 14 days of notice or knowledge of a claim for incapacity or…