GIFFORD v. NELSON FREIGHTWAYS


645 A.2d 11 (1994)

Frank GIFFORD v. NELSON FREIGHTWAYS, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick N. McTeague, (orally), Jeffrey L. Cohen, McTeague, Higbee, Libner, MacAdam, Case & Watson, Topsham, for employee.

James C. Hunt, (orally), Robinson, Kriger, McCallum & Greene, P.A., Portland, for employer.

Before WATHEN, C.J., ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN and DANA, JJ., and COLLINS, A.R.J.


COLLINS, Active Retired Justice.

Nelson Freightways and its insurer, Employers Insurance of Wausau, appeal a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board reinstating payment of benefits to Frank Gifford, an employee injured in 1987, after they unilaterally discontinued payments on January 1, 1993. They stopped paying benefits to Gifford, who has been incarcerated since 1990, on the ground that he is no longer entitled to receive...

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