Adams v. Mt. Blue Health Center

[¶ 1] The employee, Floyd Adams Jr., appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying his petition for an inflation adjustment. Pursuant to the law at the time of his 1990 injury, employees were entitled to an inflation adjustment for total, but not partial, incapacity benefits. 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 54-B, 55-B (1989), repealed by the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act of 1992, P.L.1991, ch. 885, § A-7. The issue is whether Adams is receiving voluntary payments of benefits for total or 100% partial incapacity. The Board concluded that, notwithstanding the unavailability of work within…