Legal Opinion
Kidder v. Coastal Construction Co., Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 31, 1975PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
In Gagnon’s Case, 144 Me. 131, 65 A.2d 6 (1949), this Court held that an injured employee was entitled to compensation for total incapacity even though the injury would ordinarily cause only partial disability, where such injury combined with a nondisabling malady to produce total incapacity.
In Willette v. Statler Tissue Corp., Me., 331 A.2d 365 (1975), we applied the so-called Massachusetts-Michigan rule 1 to a Workmen’s Compensation case on the facts there found.
In Gagnon, supra, the employee sustained a compensable injury arising out of and in the course of her employment.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Claim of Anderson v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v. Town of StratfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Bolduc v. Pioneer Plastics Corp. &/Or American Mutual LiabilitySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Gagnon's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
- Willette v. Statler Tissue Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough v. SalingAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Gallant v. Boise Cascade Paper GroupSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Dunkin Donuts of America, Inc. v. WatsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- Baker v. Town of WoolwichSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
- Johnson v. SD Warren, Div. of Scott PaperSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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