Legal Opinion
Morse v. Fleet Financial Group
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 18, 2001PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] Fleet Financial Group appeals from a decision of a hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board, granting an employee’s petition for award and awarding benefits for total incapacity pursuant to 39-A M.R.S.A. § 212 (2001). We agree with Fleet that, absent a finding of a total physical incapacity, it was error to award benefits for total incapacity based on the combination of a partially incapacitating injury and personal characteristics affecting employability, but without adequate work-search evidence or other objective evidence showing the unavailability of work in the local…
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- Ibbitson v. Sheridan Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Ray's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1922
- Dailey v. Pinecap, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
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- Poitras v. R. E. Glidden Body Shop, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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