Legal Opinion
Clark v. International Paper Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 2, 1994PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
In each of these cases, the Workers’ Compensation Board dismissed the employee’s petition for permanent impairment benefits on condition that the employee could reinstate the petition if the Board’s Rule 1.4(A) were invalidated.' The employers appeal, contending that the petitions should have been unconditionally dismissed and that Rule 1.4(A) violates the current Workers’ Compensation Act. Because the Board is without authority to fashion this conditional dismissal, we vacate the condition.
The current Workers’ Compensation Act was enacted in the fall of 1992 and became…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wentzell v. Timberlands, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Hird v. Bath Iron Works Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
3Cited by13 opinions
- Armistead v. C & M Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Doucette v. WashburnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
- Nichols v. Cantara & SonsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
- Brenda L. Freeman v. NewPage CorporationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
- Churchill v. Central Aroostook Ass'n for Retarded Citizens, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
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