DOREY v. FORSTER MFG. CO.


591 A.2d 240 (1991)

Arlene DOREY v. FORSTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Burns and Susan E. Kelley (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Believeau & Pachios, Rumford, for employee.

Samuel Rudman and Barbara A. Carlin (orally), Black, Lambert, Coffin & Rudman, Portland, for employer.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, COLLINS and BRODY, JJ. McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, GLASSMAN and BRODY, JJ., concur.


ROBERTS, Justice.

Forster Manufacturing Company appeals from the decision of the Appellate Division reversing the denial by the Workers' Compensation Commission of Arlene Dorey's claim to compensation for an injury that occurred when she returned to her place of employment to obtain medical information and to inquire about the availability of light duty work. We vacate the decision of the Appellate Division.

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Dorey worked for Forster from 1962...

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