MUSHERO v. LINCOLN PULP & PAPER CO.


683 A.2d 504 (1996)

Ralph MUSHERO v. LINCOLN PULP & PAPER CO. and Hanover Insurance Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Noonan (orally), McTeague, Higbee, MacAdam, Case, Watson & Cohen, Topsham, for Employee.

Jane E. Skelton (orally), Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, for Employer.

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


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

The employee, Ralph Mushero, appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board granting his petition for an award of compensation but permitting his employer to reduce its liability for Mushero's total incapacity by that portion of incapacity attributable to a subsequent nonwork-related injury. 39 M.R.S.A. § 51(4) (Supp.1992).1 Mushero contends that because the work and nonwork-injuries were related...

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