Legal Opinion
Dobson v. Quinn Freight Lines, Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 11, 1980PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
Stanley Dobson injured his back in January, 1966, while employed by Quinn Freight Lines. Quinn, a self-insurer, paid workers’ compensation benefits to Dobson pursuant to two approved agreements. The payment of benefits ended, by agreement, in October, 1967. Dobson re-injured his back in August, 1975, when he was no longer working for Quinn.
In June, 1977, Dobson filed a petition for medical expenses, naming Quinn as the responsible employer because of a causal connection between the 1966 injury and the 1975 re-injury. The Commission found a causal relationship between the…
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