BANKER v. BATH IRON WORKS CORP.


507 A.2d 602 (1986)

Richard BANKER v. BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, P.A., Paul F. Macri (orally), John E. Sedgewick, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Norman & Hanson, Stephen W. Moriarty (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Bath Iron Works Corporation and its insurance carrier (hereafter "BIW") appeal a contempt order issued by the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County) to enforce an order of the Workers' Compensation Commission awarding compensation benefits to BIW's former employee Richard Banker. We hold that the commission's order is too ambiguous and nonspecific to be enforceable by the Superior Court. We therefore vacate the Superior Court's contempt order....

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