Judge Upholds Finding of Total Disability, Partially Reverses Compensability Determinations

The Delaware Superior Court upheld a finding that a worker was totally disabled by multiple injuries, but it overturned some of the Industrial Accident Board’s findings of compensability as to individual injuries. Case: Maclary v. James Malin Plumbing, No. N24A-07-002 DJB, 08/25/2025, published. Facts: Thomas Maclary worked for James Malin Plumbing as a plumbing service technician. He suffered injuries in a head-on collision with another truck in September 2021. The crash was tentatively accepted as compensable, and JMP’s insurance carrier began paying benefits to Maclary withou...