Sandra M. Marlowe v. Dogs Only Grooming and Travelers Insurance Company

Sandra Marlowe appeals a workers' compensation order denying her claim for attendant care benefits and disability compensation benefits. In the appealed order, the Judge of compensation claims found that claimant sustained a compensable injury when she was exposed to organophosphates while working for her employer, Dogs Only Grooming; that as a result of this exposure she was temporarily totally disabled (TTD) up to the time she began a brief period of employment as a home health aide with Upjohn Nursing; and that she continued to be TTD at the time of the hearing but that her disability was attributable to non-work-related foot problems. Based on these findings, the judge ordered the employer and carrier to pay claimant TTD benefits from the date they ceased payment up to the date she began working as a home health aide but denied claimant any disability compensation benefits after that date. The judge also denied her claim for attendant care benefits. For the reasons now discussed, we reverse the denial of TTD benefits and affirm the denial of attendant care benefits.