Date: | 12/21/2001 |
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Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 24649-99 |
Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Lalita Pandey
- Employer: Montgomery Rose Co.
- Insurer: Florists Mutual Insurance Co.
WILSON, J. Once again we are called upon to plumb the stygian depths of § 1(7A) and its standard of "a major" cause.1 The parties cross appeal from a decision in which an administrative judge awarded the employee a closed period of incapacity benefits for a cumulative work injury. We summarily affirm the judge’s denial of ongoing incapacity benefits, challenged by the employee on appeal. We agree with the insurer that the decision is contrary to law as to any award of benefits, because the medical evidence simply does not meet the appropriately raised standard of "a major cause" under § 1(7A). We reverse the decision and deny the employee’s claim.