NAT. COUN. ON COMP. INS. v. SUPER. OF INS.


538 A.2d 759 (1988)

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON COMPENSATION INSURANCE et al. v. SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Reargued January 14, 1988.

Decided March 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Pachios (orally), Marc B. LeDuc (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, for Nat. Council on Compensation Ins.

Kevin M. Gillis (orally), Richardson & Troubh, Portland, Stephen A. Rusconi (orally), Boston, Mass., for Liberty Mut.

Bruce C. Gerrity (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Augusta, for Home Ins. Co.

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Linda M. Pistner (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for Superintendent of Ins.

William C. Perkins (orally), William C. Black (orally), Public Advocate, Augusta, for Public Advocate.

Thomas R. Watson (orally), Patrick N. McTeague, McTeague, Higbee, Libner, Reitman, Macadam & Case, Topsham, for Maine AFL-CIO.

Albert G. Ayre (orally), Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen Smith & Lancaster, Portland, for Maine Chamber of Commerce.

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


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI),1 two Liberty insurance companies2 (Liberty), and The Home Insurance Company (Home) appeal from a Superior Court (Kennebec County) decision rejecting their challenge to the constitutionality in its operation of a 1985 statute that mandated an immediate reduction in workers' compensation insurance rates, required participation in...

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