HIRD v. BATH IRON WORKS CORP.


512 A.2d 1035 (1986)

Charles B. HIRD, v. BATH IRON WORKS CORP. et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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


VIOLETTE, Justice.

This is an appeal by the employee, Charles B. Hird, from a decision of the Appellate Division of the Workers' Compensation Commission reversing a single commissioner's award of benefits. After reviewing the action of the Appellate Division for errors of law only, we affirm.

On December 28, 1977 Hird injured his back by lifting a steel I-beam weighing 100 lbs. while working as a maintenance mechanic at Bath Iron Works (BIW). As a result of...

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