Legal Opinion
Boyce v. Potter
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 6, 1994PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
This appeal involves a personal injury action, stemming from an automobile accident, filed by Daniel Boyce, a passenger in a van owned and driven by co-worker Michael Potter, as the two were traveling to their distant job site. The Superior Court (Somerset County, Kravchuk, J.) entered a summary judgment in favor of Potter based on his affirmative defense of co-employee immunity pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act. Contrary to Boyce’s contention, the court did not err in concluding that his claim was barred by the application of the “traveling employees” exception to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Comeau v. Maine Coastal ServicesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Estate of Althenn v. AlthennSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- Bryant v. Masters MacHine Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Brown v. Palmer Construction Company, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Gilbert v. MaheuxSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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