Hanson v. S.D. Warren Co.

[¶ 1] Gregory R. Hanson appeals from a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer (Elwin, HO), granting his petition for award and awarding him partial incapacity benefits subject to an offset for Hanson’s pension. Hanson contends that the hearing officer erred by reducing the partial benefit, paid pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 213 (2009), to the statutory maximum, pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 211 (2009), before coordinating the workers’ compensation benefit with his pension, pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 221 (2009). Hanson contends that workers’ compensation benefits should be reduced to…