Legal Opinion
Dunphe v. O'Connor
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 11, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1] The employers, Thomas O’Connor and NPS Energy Services, appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board granting a request from NPS to clarify a prior decision. We conclude that the Board acted beyond its authority and exceeded the permissible bounds of “clarification.” Accordingly, we vacate the decision.
[¶ 2] The employee, Stephen Dunphe, suffered a work-related injury in 1984 while employed by O’Connor, and a second work-injury in 1988 while employed by NPS. The law in effect at the time of his 1984 injury provided an annual adjustment for inflation or…
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- Johnson v. Kostis Fruit Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
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