Appeal of SAU 35 White Mountain School District

The appellant, Fire Casualty Insurance Co. of CT (carrier), insurance carrier for the White Mountain School District (district), appeals the decision of the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (board) ruling that it must pay certain medical bills of the claimant, Lewis Mello. We reverse and remand.

The record supports or the parties do not dispute the following. In November 2002, Mello was employed as the business administrator for the district. While attending a school board meeting on November 20, Mello engaged in a “prolonged and heated discussion” with a member of the school board and…