Legal Opinion · Dissent

Rowe v. Chapman Trucking

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 12, 1993Published

1DissentGlassman, Justice

Because I believe the Commission correctly interpreted section 110 and that interpretation should be given deference by the court, I must respectfully dissent.

The Workers’ Compensation Act embodies a comprehensive scheme to provide compensation to an employee whose work-connected injuries adversely affect the employee’s earning capacity and is a complete *1227substitute for all other private remedies.1 Fanion v. McNeal, 577 A.2d 2, 4 (Me.1990). “The purpose of [the Act] is to provide an effective and expeditious means of compensating injured workers for loss of earning capacity.” Ciccotelli v. KTS…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Faucher v. City of AuburnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  2. Lagasse v. Hannaford Bros. Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  3. Jacobsky v. C. D'Alfonso & Sons, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
  4. LeBlanc v. United Engineers & Constructors Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  5. State v. PhilbrickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979

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