Legal Opinion
Rines v. Scott
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 20, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.
Rodney C. Riñes appeals from the pro forma decree of the Superior Court (Hancock County) affirming a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission rendered on April 16, 1980. That decision dismissed Riñes’ petition for award of compensation for a personal injury sustained on the job while in the employ of the defendant, Keith B. Scott. The Commissioner gave as his reason for dismissing the petition the employee’s failure to file it within two years from the date of the injury pursuant to 39 M.R.S.A. § 95.
The employee maintains the Commissioner committed…
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