Legal Opinion
Buzynski v. County of Knox
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 14, 1963PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, C. J.
These complaints for declaratory judgments are reported to us on agreed facts. The prime issue is whether the employer or compensation carrier is subrogated under the Workmen’s Compensation Act to an action under the Death Act or Lord Campbell’s Act. For convenience the cases were consolidated for argument.
On Labor Day 1959 Frank Ross, Jr. and Frank J. Buzynski, deputy sheriffs in the County of Knox, were killed in an automobile accident. In each instance the widow, left with children under 18 years of age, sought and obtained workmen’s compensation and was appointed administratrix of her…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Claim of Zirpola v. T. & E. Casselman, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Doleman v. LevineSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Turnquist v. HannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Hammond v. Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street RailwaySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Dionne v. Libbey-Owens Ford Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
- Mullen v. Brown Homes, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
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