CAREN LUCARELLI (Employee)
v.
THE PROGRESS CENTER, INC. (Employer)
and
MEMIC (Insurer)
WCB No. 19009220
Maine Workers Compensation Decisions
State Of Maine Workers' Compensation Board
January 28, 2021
Issuance Date: 01-28-21
(DOI:
4/25/19)
Within
25 days after issuing this decision, or 5 days after ruling
on a motion for further findings, whichever is iater, 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 iaw 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 with 20 (twenty) days of receipt of this decision.
See 39-A M.R.S. §312-B and M.R.App.P. 23 and
accompanying Advisory Note (available at:
http://www.courts.maine.gov/rules_adminorders/rules/text/mr_app_p_plus_2019-04-25.pdf).
Jon S.
Oxman, Esquire Linnell, Choate & Webber, LLP
Dana
Herzer, Esquire MEMIC
Re:
Caren Lucarelli v. The Progress Center, Inc.
Bryan
Chabot, Administrative Law Judge
Pending
before the Workers' Compensation Board are the
Employee's Petition for Award and Petition for Payment of
Medical and Related Services asserting work-related spinal
injury on 4/25/19. Ms. Lucarelli worked as a direct support
professional at The Progress Center, Inc., working with
patients with mild to severe intellectual disabilities. She
was eventually diagnosed with chronic pain syndrome,
primarily involving her low back.
Pursuant
to 39-AM.R.S.A. §312, Ms. Lucarelli was examined by
Benjamin Branch, D.O., the physiatrist. Dr...
