Legal Opinion
Harvey v. H.C. Price Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 21, 2008No. Docket: WCB-07-612PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
[¶ 1] H.C. Price Company appeals from a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer (Sprague, HO) assigning a 12% permanent impairment rating to Vivian Harvey that includes 7% for the psychological sequela of a work-related physical injury. H.C. Price contends it was error to assign a percentage of impairment to the psychological component of the injury based on the American Medical Association, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (4th ed.1993), required for use when rating permanent impairment. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
[¶2] Vivian Harvey is fifty-two years…
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