MARCHAND v. EASTERN WELDING CO.


641 A.2d 190 (1994)

Gilles MARCHAND v. EASTERN WELDING COMPANY and Commercial Union Insurance Company. Pasquale NAPOLITANO v. BECHTEL CONSTRUCTION and American Fidelity Insurance Company.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Kaplan (orally), Bornstein & Hovermale, Portland, for Marchand.

James MacAdam (orally), McTeague, Higbee, Libner, MacAdam, Case & Watson, Topsham, for Napolitano.

Alison Bane (orally), Piampiano & Gavin, Elizabeth Connellan (orally), Robinson, Kriger, McCallum, & Greene, Portland, for employers.

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


CLIFFORD, Justice.

This consolidated appeal requires us to decide whether totally incapacitated employees receiving workers' compensation benefits at the maximum rate are entitled to an annual adjustment of weekly compensation payments during the first three years following their injuries. Because we conclude that the three-year delay in the annual adjustment does not affect employees whose otherwise entitled-to benefits are limited by the maximum benefit level, those...

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