Summary
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s decision upholding the Industrial Accident Board’s denial of Mary Lou Fieni’s petition for additional workers’ compensation benefits. The Court held that the Board’s determination that Fieni had not established a causally related complex regional pain syndrome diagnosis was supported by substantial evidence and free from legal error.
Holdings
- The Board's decision denying Fieni's petition for additional compensation was supported by substantial evidence and free from legal error.
Questions Presented
- Whether the Industrial Accident Board's denial of Fieni's petition for additional compensation was supported by substantial evidence and free from legal error.
- Whether the Board improperly credited the Employer's medical expert and rejected Fieni's evidence concerning the diagnosis and causal relationship of complex regional pain syndrome.
Disposition
affirmed
Cases Cited (6)
- Fieni v. Catholic Health East, 2014 WL 2444795 (Del. Super. Apr. 29, 2014)(followed)
- Fieni v. Catholic Health East, 2014 WL 3050618 (Del. Super. May 27, 2014)(followed)
- Stoltz Mgmt. Co. v. Consumer Affairs Bd., 616 A.2d 1205, 1208 (Del. 1992)(followed)
- Streett v. State, 669 A.2d 9, 11 (Del. 1995)(followed)
- Breeding v. Contractor-One-Inc., 549 A.2d 1102, 1104, 1106 (Del. 1988)(followed)
- Clements v. Diamond State Port Corp., 831 A.2d 870, 878 (Del. 2003)(followed)
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