Legal Opinion
Wood v. Fletcher Allen Health Care
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 30, 1999No. 98-189PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
Defendant, Fletcher Alen Health Care (FAHC), appeals from a decision of the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry declining to terminate workers’ compensation benefits to claimant Paula Wood. FAHC contends the commissioner erred by refusing to discontinue claimant’s temporary total disability payments when she became pregnant and was, as a result, temporarily unable to have surgery to correct her workplace injury. We affirm.
The relevant facts are not disputed. In November 1995, claimant suffered a work-related injury while employed at FAHC as a nurse and began receiving…
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- Bedini v. FrostSupreme Court of Vermont · 1996
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