WALSH v. KNOX COUNTY


535 A.2d 438 (1988)

Peter WALSH v. KNOX COUNTY, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Carey (orally), Rumford, for appellant.

Charles E. Trainor, Leonard I. Sharon (orally), Robert Laskoff, P.A., Lewiston, for appellees.

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


WATHEN, Justice.

The employee, Peter Walsh, appeals from an order of the Appellate Division of the Workers' Compensation Commission reversing the Commission's award of benefits. The issue on appeal relates solely to the sufficiency of the evidence to establish a causal connection between a mental injury and unusual work-related stress. We find inadequate evidentiary support for the required finding of causation and we affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division...

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