Dionne v. Libbey-Owens Ford Co.

RUDMAN, Justice.

Libbey-Owens Ford Co. appeals from a decision of the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Commission, affirming a Commission decree that a settlement received by an injured employee’s wife for loss of consortium is not subject to the employer’s lien under section 68 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (39 M.R.S.A. § 68 (1989) 1 ) and that the amount of additional compensation payments paid by the employer post-settlement were to be added to the employer’s remaining setoff rights. On appeal, the employer contends that both findings are erroneous in that (1) damages for…