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TOWNSEND v. MAINE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SAFETY

404 A.2d 1014 (1979)

Christine M. TOWNSEND v. MAINE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry N. Starbranch (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

Charles D. Devoe, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.

DELAHANTY, Justice.

We here confront the complex and sensitive issue of whether and under what circumstances a gradual mental injury will be compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act (Act), 39 M.R.S.A. § 1 et seq. By a decree dated July 11, 1978, the Workers' Compensation Commission (Commission) awarded three months of total compensation to Christine M. Townsend for mental anxiety requiring hospitalization which was allegedly caused by day-to-day...

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