In re L'Heureux

This is a petition for certiorari to review an award under the Workers’ Compensation Act. On June 6, 1988, the petitioner, Denise L’Heureux, was granted a permanent impairment award in the amount of $7,757.39 by the State Department of Labor (Department). In seeking review of that decision, the petitioner argues that the Department, in calculating her permanent impairment award, erred in utilizing the schedule of benefits in RSA 281:26 as it existed at the date of injury, rather than the schedule of benefits in RSA 281:26 as amended August 21, 1983, subsequent to the date of injury but prior…