Legal Opinion
Soper v. St. Regis Paper Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 13, 1980PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
Donald Soper appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Hancock County, holding the defendant St. Regis Paper Company not obliged immediately to make full payments from a disability pension plan adopted as part of a collective bargaining agreement with Soper’s union. St. Regis acknowledges that Soper is entitled to benefits from the plan, but claims the right, under the terms of the plan, to set off a sum of $10,000 it had paid Soper as a lump-sum settlement of his workers’ compensation claim. Soper argues, first, that such a set-off is not authorized by the terms of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Richardson v. BelcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- TM Oil Co., Inc. v. PasqualeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Steeves v. IrwinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Williams v. INSURAMCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICAMontana Supreme Court · 1967
- White v. Monmouth Canning CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- City of Augusta v. QuirionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Aroostook Valley Railroad v. Bangor & Aroostook RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Connell v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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