Source: https://www.courts.maine.gov/opinions_orders/opinions/documents/01me129a.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 10:16:24+00:00

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Majority: 	RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, and ALEXANDER, JJ.
Dissenting:	WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, and CALKINS, JJ.
PORTLAND NATURAL GAS et al.
the Hearing Officer erred by failing to consider the so-called "fallback"
the employee's level of incapacity.
operator in 1975, and for 29 years, he had worked for a single employer.
laid off by Delta Gulf in October 1999 as part of a general layoff.
employees.  Bossie v. S.A.D. #24, 1997 ME 233, ¶ 5, 706 A.2d 578, 579-80.
Alexander had intentionally reduced employment after 1995.
The parties' agreement that employees comparable to Mr.
earning[s] must be divided by . . . the number of weeks worked.
accurate reflection of his post injury earning capacity.  Hardy v.
Trailer Sales, 448 A.2d 895 (Me. 1981).
review pursuant to 39-A M.R.S.A. § 322 (2001).
injury and the employee's post-injury earning capacity, if any.  39-A M.R.S.A.
estimate of the 'employee's future earning capacity as fairly as possible.'"
(quoting Fowler v. First Nat'l Stores, Inc., 416 A.2d 1258, 1260 (Me. 1980)).
weekly wages, earnings or salary.
employee at the time of the injury was working.
applied in the order listed whenever possible.  Frank v. Manpower Temp.
methods would lead to an unfair or unreasonable result.
best be described as "consistently intermittent."  See 5 A. Larson & Lex K.
a matter of choice or due to a temporary industry-wide work slowdown.  Id.
an inflated wage, the hearing officer applied the fallback provision.  Id.
Workmen's Compensation, §§ 60.21(c), 60.22(a) (1993).
into a full-time disabled worker.
this case. . . .
relationship to the labor market matches that of the employee.  We disagree.
computation reflect an exact average of other employees' actual earnings").
single employer prescribed by paragraphs A and B.
intermittent."  5 A. Larson, Larson's Workers' Compensation Law § 93.02[c].
Health Ctr., 1999 ME 105, ¶ 18, 735 A.2d 478, 483-84.
Adams, 1999 ME 105, at ¶ 18, 735 A.2d at 483-84.
permissible under the Act.  See 39-A M.R.S.A. §§ 211, 213 (2001).
employee's after-tax average weekly wage and post-injury wages).
calculation of Alexander's entitlement to incapacity benefits.
accommodated the injury, the employment must be discounted out of hand.
injury earning capacity was not clearly erroneous.
new determination of the employee's incapacity.

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