Mitton v. Verizon

[¶ 1] John Mitton appeals from a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer (Collier; HO) determining that because Mitton had received 800 weeks of permanent total incapacity benefits pursuant to the conclusively presumptive time period established in 39-A M.R.S. § 212(2)(G) (2011), the employer could prospectively take statutory offsets against Mitton’s benefits pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 221 (2011). We affirm the hearing officer’s decision.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Seventeen years ago, John Mitton suffered a work-related stroke on February 15, 1995, while employed by NYNEX, Verizon’s…