Legal Opinion

In Re Dudley

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 27, 1969PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUFRESNE, Justice.

This is an appeal under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by Henry O. Dudley from a pro forma decree of the Superior Court affirming the decision of the Industrial Accident Commission dismissing his petition for compensation following the Commission’s finding as a matter of law that at the time his injury was sustained the appellant was not an employee of A. C. McLoon & Company but an independent contractor. 39 M.R.S.A., Sec. 1 et seq.

Did the commission fall into legal error in deciding on the undisputed facts of the instant case that as a matter of law the petitioner was in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Murray's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
  2. Dobson's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1925
  3. Boyce v. Maine Public Service Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
  4. Kirk v. Yarmouth Lime Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1940
  5. Clark's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1924

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Delano v. City of South PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  2. Timberlake v. Frigon & FrigonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
  3. Gilbert v. MaheuxSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. Harlow v. Agway, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
  5. Cardello v. Mt. Hermon Ski Area, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977

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