DUNKIN DONUTS OF AMERICA, INC. v. WATSON


366 A.2d 1121 (1976)

DUNKIN DONUTS OF AMERICA, INC. and/or Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Thomas WATSON et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudman, Rudman & Carter by John M. Wallach, Gene Carter, Bangor, for plaintiffs.

Paine, Lynch & Weatherbee by Peter M. Weatherbee, Bangor, for Thomas Watson.

Winchell & Buckley by David J. Leen, Albert H. Winchell, Jr., Bangor, for Little Enterprises and others.

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


DELAHANTY, Justice.

On June 14, 1972 Thomas Watson (Watson), while employed as a baker for Dunkin Donuts of America, Inc. (Dunkin), slipped and fell while lifting a pail of dough which weighed between seventy-five and eighty pounds. He sustained a compensable injury to his back which necessitated two surgical procedures. Pursuant to an approved agreement with Dunkin, Watson received compensation for total incapacity from June 15, 1972. On July 14, 1973 Watson returned...

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