AXELSEN v. S. D. WARREN, DIV. OF SCOTT PAPER


423 A.2d 546 (1980)

John A. AXELSEN v. S. D. WARREN, DIVISION OF SCOTT PAPER COMPANY (self-insurer as of January 1, 1976) and S. D. Warren, Division of Scott Paper Company and Employers Insurance of Wausau.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McTeague, Higbee & Tierney, Patrick N. McTeague (orally), Brunswick, for plaintiff.

Richardson, Tyler & Troubh, Robert L. Hazard, Jr. (orally), Ronald D. Russell, Robert E. Noonan, Portland, for defendant.

Robinson & Kriger, Roland Beaudoin (orally), Sarah Allison Thornton, Portland, for Employers Ins. of Wausau.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

John A. Axelsen, who was employed as a worker by S. D. Warren, Division of Scott Paper Company (S. D. Warren), has appealed from a pro forma judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) affirming a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission. The Commission had denied the worker's Petition for Award of Compensation, deciding that the worker had failed to meet his ultimate burden of proving the...

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