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SEVERANCE v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

324 A.2d 314 (1974)

Beatrice SEVERANCE, widow of Victor D. Severance v. STATE of Maine, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 5, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Briola, Lincoln, Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, P. A., by George Z. Singal, Bangor, for plaintiff.

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

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

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On December 25, 1970, the deceased, Victor D. Severance, suffered an acute coronary occlusion while shovelling snow to free a snowbound truck in the course of his employment by the Department of Transportation of the State of Maine. An agreement between the employer and the employee that the employee should receive compensation for total incapacity was approved by the Industrial Accident Commission. Mr. Severance never returned to work and he...

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