Legal Opinion

LaPointe v. United Engineers & Constructors

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 1, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

680 A.2d 458 (1996)

Norman LaPOINTE

v.

UNITED ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS and Commercial Union Insurance Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Argued March 6, 1996.

Decided August 1, 1996.

Douglas S. Kaplan (orally), Kaplan & Grant, Portland, for Employee.

Elizabeth M. Brogan (orally), John H. King, Jr., Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Portland, for Employer.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and LIPEZ, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

In a 1991 decision of the former Workers' Compensation Commission, United Engineers & Constructors was permitted to offset its obligation to pay weekly…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Thomas v. Washington Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Riley v. Bath Iron Works Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
  3. Stanley v. Hinchliffe & KennerMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Mizrahi's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  5. LeBlanc v. United Engineers & Constructors Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991

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