Legal Opinion

Chaples v. Gilco, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 13, 1971PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARCHIBALD, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Employee from a pro forma decree of the Superior Court approving a decision of the Industrial Accident Commission.

There are only two issues to be decided:

1. Can the Appellees be ordered to pay for necessary diagnostic medical service rendered the Appellant in Boston by a nonresident physician, who is not licensed to practice in Maine?

2. Can the Appellees be ordered to pay the costs of taking the deposition of this Boston doctor for the sole purpose of perpetuating his testimony ?

The facts are . not in dispute. The Appellant was injured in an…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Huhn v. Foley Bros. Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
  2. Newberry v. YoungsNebraska Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Travelers Insurance Company v. Sylvester G. HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  4. Ward v. Dixie Shirt Co., Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1953

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Moreau v. Zayre Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  2. Ney v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  3. McAree v. Gerber Products CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1975
  4. Medical Associates of Capitol Hill v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Cummings v. Twin Manufacturing, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1992

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