| Date: | 10/25/1999 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 009532-97 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Arnold Chinetti
- Employer: Boston Edison
- Insurer: Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.
MAZE-ROTHSTEIN, J. The insurer’s appeal presents the following question: when an employee has accepted an early retirement package from his employer is he still entitled to weekly incapacity benefits under the Act. We hold that voluntary retirement does not bar an employee from receiving weekly workers’ compensation benefits where an industrial injury caused the retirement.