| Date: | 06/23/2000 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 011383-98 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Keith Arruda
- Employer: Cut Price Pools of Somerset, Inc.
- Insurer: Mass. Retail Merchants WC Group, Inc.
MCCARTHY, J. Contending that he injured his left leg in a work-related accident on April 13, 1998, Keith Arruda filed a claim for weekly incapacity benefits, payment of his medical expenses and double compensation under G.L. c. 152, § 28. The insurer resisted the claim and the case was assigned for a conference before an administrative judge. On October 7, 1998, the judge made a retroactive award of weekly §34 benefits from May 18, 1998 to October 5, 1998. The claim for payment of medical expenses for proposed arthroscopic knee surgery under §30 and the claim of §28 double compensation were denied. Both Mr. Arruda and the insurer appealed this conference order.