Legal Opinion

Fitzherbert v. Blue Rock Industries

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 5, 1981Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Employer Blue Rock seeks reversal of a Workers’ Compensation Commission decree awarding employee Fitzherbert further compensation. The commissioner found that Fitzherbert’s disability was causally related to his work injury. We must sustain that finding if it is supported by competent evidence in the record. Dunton v. Eastern Fine Paper Co., Me., 423 A.2d 512, 517 (1980). In the evidence two physicians gave opinions strongly suggesting that the disability was causally related to the injury, while a third denied the causal connection. It is for the commissioner to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dunton v. Eastern Fine Paper CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  2. Richardson v. Robbins Lumber, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  3. Canning v. State Department of TransportationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
  4. O'Brian v. Walt's ServicesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979

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