Thompson v. Earle W. Noyes & Sons, Inc.

[¶ 1] Frederick Thompson appeals from a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board Hearing Officer (Collier; HO) awarding him partial incapacity benefits *665for a closed-end period ending on April 14, 2002, when he voluntarily resigned from his post-injury job at Earle W. Noyes & Sons, Inc., to care for his sick wife. The hearing officer determined, pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 214(1)(A) (2006), that Thompson forfeited his workers’ compensation benefits when he resigned from employment because his reason for doing so was unrelated to the work injury or the employment. Thompson argues that he remains…