VAN HOUTEN v. HARCO CONST., INC.


655 A.2d 331 (1995)

Jay A. VAN HOUTEN v. HARCO CONSTRUCTION, INC. and Continental Insurance Company.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Kaplan (orally), Kaplan & Grant, Portland, for employee.

Alison A. Denham (orally), Douglas, Whiting, Denham & Rogers, Portland, for employer.

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


GLASSMAN, Justice.

Jay A. Van Houten appeals from the decision of the Workers' Compensation Board denying his petition for payment of medical expenses based on its finding that his claimed back injury was not work related. We agree with Van Houten's contention that the factual determination of a Massachusetts administrative court that on October 2, 1986, Van Houten suffered a work-related back injury barred his employer, Harco Construction, from relitigating that...

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