Graves v. Brockway-Smith Co.

GORMAN, J., with whom SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, J., join,

dissenting.

[¶ 19] Four years ago, in Wilson v. Bath Iron Works, 2008 ME 47, 942 A.2d 1237, we interpreted 39-A M.R.S. § 306(1) (2007) as providing benefits to an employee who first lost time from work as a result of a work-related injury more than ten years after the injury occurred based on a specific phrase found within that section. Today, the Court has applied our holding in that case to a completely separate statutory provision. Because I am convinced that Wilson does not apply to this case, and because I am convinced that…