Brown v. W.T. Martin Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Dooley, J.,

¶ 37. dissenting. In decision after decision, we have held that our main goal in construing statutes is to implement the intent of the Legislature. In this case, the majority has construed a statute to weaken its central purpose to bring objectivity, consistency and predictability to the workers’ compensation impairment-determination process and the requirements of this process to the point where it is difficult to find any remaining point in having the statute. The majority reaches this conclusion by exploiting what it perceives as a loophole in the drafting of the statute. It is…