WHITE v. FORSTER MFG. CO.


421 A.2d 55 (1980)

Darcia WHITE v. FORSTER MANUFACTURING CO. and Fred S. James & Co. of Maine, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cloutier, Joyce, Dumas & David, Patrick E. Joyce (orally), Livermore Falls, for plaintiff.

Norman & Hanson, Mark G. Lavoie, John Wallach (orally), Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.


NICHOLS, Justice.

This appeal presents in sharp focus a challenge to our rule-clear beyond cavil-that so long as the fact finder had a rational basis in the record for its findings of fact, those findings will not be disturbed by an appellate court.

Darcia White had petitioned for an award of workers' compensation, alleging that on November 13, 1978, while in her fourth week of employment as a floor-girl by Forster...

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