STADLER v. NATIVITY LUTHERAN CHURCH


438 A.2d 898 (1981)

George M. STADLER v. NATIVITY LUTHERAN CHURCH and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Companies.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strout, Payson, Pellicani, Cloutier, Hokkanen & Strong, Robert J. Levine (orally), Rockland, for plaintiff.

Richardson, Tyler & Troubh, Jeffrey A. Thaler (orally), Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Once again we are presented with the difficult question whether a heart attack may entitle an employee to an award of compensation under our Workers' Compensation Act. This appeal is taken from a pro forma judgment of the Superior Court, Knox County, affirming the denial of petitioner's claim for compensation for a myocardial infarction sustained on December 18, 1977.1 Petitioner contends that the Commission erroneously...

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