DIAMOND INTERN. CORP. v. SULLIVAN & MERRITT


493 A.2d 1043 (1985)

DIAMOND INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION v. SULLIVAN AND MERRITT, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, Paul F. Macri (orally), Jack H. Simmons, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Cuddy & Lanham, Kevin M. Cuddy (orally), Bangor, for Sullivan and Merritt.

McTeague, Higbee, Libner, Reitman & MacAdam, Maurice A. Libner, Brunswick, for Roger Ross, et al.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


SCOLNIK, Justice.

The defendant and third-party plaintiff, Diamond International Corporation (Diamond), appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court, Kennebec County, holding that a joint tortfeasor is not entitled to a so-called pro tanto reduction of the judgment or cancellation of an assenting employer's statutory lien for compensation paid under the Workers' Compensation Act (Act). Diamond also appeals from the judgment entered in favor of the third...

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