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LaPOINTE v. UNITED ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS

680 A.2d 458 (1996)

Norman LaPOINTE v. UNITED ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS and Commercial Union Insurance Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Elizabeth M. Brogan (orally), John H. King, Jr., Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Portland, for Employer.

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

ROBERTS, Justice.

In a 1991 decision of the former Workers' Compensation Commission, United Engineers & Constructors was permitted to offset its obligation to pay weekly workers' compensation benefits to its employee, Norman LaPointe, by the payments that LaPointe received pursuant to a Massachusetts decree. After LaPointe obtained a lump-sum settlement of his claim against his Massachusetts employer, the Workers' Compensation Board granted LaPointe's petition...

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