DeRoche v. Bangor Roofing & Sheet Metal Co.

Plaintiff-employee appeals from a pro forma decree of the Superior Court (Penob-scot County) entered upon a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission that reduced the amount of weekly payments for plaintiff’s work-related disability. Plaintiff sustained a compensable injury to his back on October 6, 1976, and had been receiving compensation for total disability under an approved agreement with defendant-employer. On the employer’s petition for review of incapacity filed January 30, 1978, the commissioner determined that plaintiff is now partially (70%) disabled and has “a light work…