Williams v. E.S. Boulos Co.

[¶ 1] The employee, Edward H. Williams, appeals from a decision granting the employer’s petition for review and granting, in part, his petition to determine maximum medical improvement. Pursuant to the law in effect in 1989, employees were entitled to 400 weeks of partial benefits from the date of maximum medical improvement. 39 M.R.S.A. § 55-B (1989), amended by P.L.1991, ch. 615, § D-7, repealed by P.L.1991, ch. 885, § A-7. The issue is whether the Hearing Officer erred in concluding that the 400-week limitation in the statute refers to calendar weeks rather than weeks in which partial…