SANDRA COFFIN (Employee)
v.
PLANT ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES, INC (Employer)
and
MAINE EMPLOYERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Insurer)
WCB No. 19-017627
No. 19-017627B
Maine Workers Compensation Decisions
State of Maine Workers' Compensation Board
January 14, 2021
Issuance Date: January 14, 2021
DOI:
02/11/2019
Within
25 days after issuing this decision, or 5 days after ruling
on a motion for further findings, whichever is later, the
administrative law judge may request that the full
Workers' Compensation Board review this decision. See
39-A M.R.S. § 320.
Within
20 days after receiving this decision a party may file a
motion asking the Board to find further facts and make
further conclusions of law and file the appropriate decision
if it differs from the original decision; within 15 days
after filing the motion, the party shall file its proposed
findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to 39-A
M.R.S. § 318 and 90 M.A.R. 351 Ch. 12, § 15.
Any
party in interest may request an appeal to the Appellate
Division by filing a notice of intent to appeal along with a
copy of this decision with the clerk of the Appellate
Division within 20 (twenty) days of receipt of this decision.
See 39-A M.R.S. § 321-B and M.R.App.P. 23 and
accompanying Advisory Note (available at:
https://www.courts.maine.gov/rules_adminorders/rules/text/mr_app_p_plus_2019-04-25.pdf).
Anne
M. Daugherity, Esq. WCB Advocate Division
Elizabeth A. Mooney, Esq. Maine Employers’ Mutual
Insurance Co.
RE:
Sandra Coffin v. Plant Assisted Living Services, Inc
Evelyn
Knopf, Administrative Law Judge
Pending
before the Workers’ Compensation Board are a PETITION
FOR AWARD and a PETITION FOR PAYMENT OF MEDICAL AND RELATED
EXPENSES related to an injury of February 11, 2019. Through
her petitions, Ms. Coffin seeks total incapacity benefits
from July 26, 2019 through October 31, 2019 and payment of
medical expenses totaling approximately $44,000. A video
hearing was held on October 16, 2020. The parties have
stipulated to a base average weekly wage of $604.38. Ms.
Coffin receives fringe benefits through her employment, which
have continued during the period of incapacity. Ms. Coffin is
represented by Attorney Anne Daugherity and Plant Assisted
Living, Inc./MEMIC is represented by Attorney Elizabeth
Mooney.
Ms.
Coffin is a 49-year-old resident of Bath, Maine. She is...
