SOMES v. FLINT LOGGING


635 A.2d 941 (1993)

Wayne E. SOMES v. FLINT LOGGING, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian E. Swales (orally), Houlton, for plaintiff.

Paul H. Sighinolfi (orally), Bangor, for defendants.

Before ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and DANA, JJ.


COLLINS, Justice.

Wayne E. Somes appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board denying him benefits on the grounds that his injuries did not occur in the course of or arise out of his employment with Flint Logging. Because we find that the Board misapplied the law to the facts, we vacate the decision.

Somes was hired by Flint Logging in December 1991 to work as a skidder operator in the removal of wood from land owned by Fraser Paper in the Mars Hill...

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