Stadler v. Nativity Lutheran Church

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

This is an appeal from a pro forma decree of the Superior Court (Knox County) reflecting a Workers’ Compensation Commission decision which denied petitioner’s claim for compensation. The Superior Court decree provides as follows: “The Decree of the Worker’s Compensation Commission dated February 5, 1981 and further amplified by Decree dated March 31, 1981 is hereby affirmed.” The decree is not a final judgment and accordingly the petitioner’s appeal is premature. Murphy v. City of Bangor, Me., 422 A.2d 1013, 1014 (1980) establishes that the decree must expressly state…