EATON v. BATH IRON WORKS CORP., et al.


502 A.2d 1040 (1986)

Thomas O. EATON v. BATH IRON WORKS CORP., et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McTeague, Higbee, Libner, Reitman, MacAdam & Case, Jonathan Reitman, (orally), Brunswick, for plaintiff.

Richardson, Tyler & Troubh, Kevin Gillis, Eve H. Cimmet, (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


WATHEN, Justice.

Thomas O. Eaton, the employee, appeals from the decision of the Appellate Division of the Workers' Compensation Commission reversing a single commissioner's award of benefits. We review the action of the Appellate Division for errors of law only, and affirm the Appellate Division's decision to reverse the single commissioner.

In May of 1980, the employee reported back problems to his foreman at Bath Iron Works (BIW) that he believed were caused...

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