Campbell v. Bates Fabrics, Inc.

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The employee, Mary Campbell, appeals from a pro forma decree of the Superior Court, Androscoggin County, implementing a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission awarding her a lump sum payment of $8,627.25 for permanent impairment pursuant to the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act, 39 M.R.S.A. § 56. Campbell contends that if the Commission had properly construed Section 56 to include the Act’s “inflation-deflation adjustment provision” she would have been entitled to nearly $2,000.00 more. We affirm the pro forma decree.

On June 16, 1977, Mary Campbell sustained…