Legal Opinion
Costa v. Foodliner
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 6, 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
Claire Costa, widow of the employee, John Costa,1 appeals from a pro forma decree affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission which denied several petitions for award of compensation. We affirm the judgment below.
John Costa was employed by Mr. “G” Foodliner in Gorham as a meat cutter. In March 1974, he began suffering from a flu-like disease. He was hospitalized intermittently, eventually became partially paralyzed, and died on June 11, 1979.
In February 1976, John Costa filed a petition for award of compensation claiming that he cut his finger while cutting…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dunton v. Eastern Fine Paper CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Guerrette v. Fraser Paper, LimitedSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- Mortimer v. Harry C. Crooker & Sons, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Brawn v. St. Regis Paper Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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