Towle v. Department of Transportation, State Highway

318 A.2d 71 (1974)

Clarence F. TOWLE

v.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE HIGHWAY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

April 8, 1974.

Calkins, Wuesthoff & Sunenblick by Stephen P. Sunenblick, Portland, for plaintiff.

Donald L. Beckwith, Dept. of Transp., Augusta, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, and DELAHANTY, JJ.

POMEROY, Justice.

Every word of the phrase "by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment,"[1] standing alone has a clear meaning.[2]

Put the words together and one produces the occasion for nearly as much litigation as was…