KINNEY v. GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC.


679 A.2d 517 (1996)

Dean KINNEY v. GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC. David WALTZ v. GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC. Gerald SEAVEY v. GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne W. Whitney (orally), McTeague, Higbee, MacAdam, Case, Watson & Cohen, Topsham, for Employees.

John A. Woodcock, Jr. (orally), Weatherbee, Woodcock, Burlock & Woodcock, Bangor, for Employer.

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


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

The employer, Great Northern Paper, Inc., appeals from three decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board awarding interest on the assessment of attorney fees. 39 M.R.S.A. § 72 (1989), repealed and replaced by P.L.1991, ch. 885, §§ A-7, A-8. Because we agree with Great Northern that employees are not entitled to interest on the assessment of attorney fees pursuant to former section 72, we vacate the decisions of the Board...

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