CANNING v. STATE


444 A.2d 387 (1982)

Clarence CANNING v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lore H. Ford, III, Legal Div., Maine Dept. of Transp. (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

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


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this appeal from a pro forma judgment of the Superior Court (Waldo County), employee Clarence Canning asks the Law Court to reverse the Workers' Compensation Commission's dismissal, on the ground of res judicata, of two petitions brought by him for further compensation. Finding no error in the commissioner's application of the principle of res judicata to the circumstances of this case, we deny the employee's appeal.

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