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BEVERAGE v. CUMBERLAND FARMS NORTHERN, INC.

502 A.2d 486 (1985)

Annie BEVERAGE v. CUMBERLAND FARMS NORTHERN, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schuyler G. Steele, (orally), Lowry & Platt, Donald Grey Lowry, Portland, for plaintiff.

Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau, Keith A. Powers, (orally), Evan M. Hansen, Daniel Rapaport, Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this tort action brought in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) against her employer for a work-related injury, the plaintiff employee attempts to avoid the exclusivity provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 4, 28, by framing her complaint in terms of the so-called Employer's Liability Law, id., §§ 141-148. The Superior Court rejected that attempt...

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