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BRUTON v. CITY OF BATH

432 A.2d 390 (1981)

Charles R. BRUTON v. CITY OF BATH and Home Indemnity Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McTeague, Higbee & Tierney, Jonathan W. Reitman (orally), Brunswick, for plaintiff.

Norman & Hanson, Theodore H. Kirchner (orally), Robert F. Hanson, Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

NICHOLS, Justice.

Central to this appeal is the ever difficult question as to whether a heart attack may entitle the victim to an award of compensation under our Workers' Compensation Act.

Here the worker, Charles R. Bruton, appeals from a pro forma judgment of the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County) affirming a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission which denied his petition for award of compensation on the ground that his injury did not arise...

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