Legal Opinion
Banker v. Bath Iron Works Corp.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 7, 1986PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Bath Iron Works Corporation and its insurance carrier (hereafter “BIW”) appeal a contempt order issued by the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County) to enforce an order of the Workers’ Compensation Commission awarding compensation benefits to BIW’s former employee Richard Banker. We hold that the commission’s order is too ambiguous and nonspecific to be enforceable by the Superior Court. We therefore vacate the Superior Court’s contempt order.
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On October 17, 1983, Banker injured his back in the course of his employment with BIW. On November 29, 1983, he filed a petition for…
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