Husvar v. Engineered Products, Inc.

[¶ 1] Engineered Products, Inc. appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board granting Joseph Husvar’s petition for award. The Board concluded that because Husvar suffered memory loss as a result of his injury and because he could not recall the circumstances of his injury, he is entitled to the benefit of a statutory presumption that his injury is work-related. See 39-A M.R.S.A. § 327 (Supp.1999). The Board also rejected Engineered’s reliance on the intoxication defense, 39-A M.R.S.A. § 202 (Supp.1999), concluding that while Husvar may have been intoxicated, he was not on duty…