Cesare v. Great Northern Paper Co.

ROBERTS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Great Northern Paper Company, Inc., appeals from the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying Great Northern’s petition for review of the 100% partial incapacity benefits being paid to Peter Ce-sare. Great Northern contends that the Board erred by failing to apply the retiree presumption of 39-A M.R.S.A. § 223 (Supp. 1996) and by ruling that Great Northern had not met its burden pursuant to 39-A M.R.S.A. § 205(9)(B) (Supp.1996) to show a change of circumstances since a 1990 decision. We affirm the decision.

[¶ 2] In the fall of 1986, Cesare elected to take…