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BUREAU v. STAFFING NETWORK, INC.

678 A.2d 583 (1996)

Ghyslaine BUREAU v. STAFFING NETWORK, INC. Renea WARMAN v. OLSTEN KIMBERLY QUALITY CARE Michael CAIAZZO v. WRIGHT EXPRESS, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Mawhinney, Thompson & Bowie, Portland, for Staff Network.

Mark A. Beede (orally), Jennifer A. Holbrook, Robinson, Kriger, McCallum & Greene, P.A., Portland, for Kimberly Quality Care.

Robert C. Brooks (orally), William S. Wilson, Jr., Verrill & Dana, Portland, for Wright Express.

Alison A. Denham, Douglas, Whiting, Denham & Rogers, Portland, for Amicus Curiae, Nichols Portland Division of Parker Hannaford Corp.

John F. Lambert, Jr., Black, Lambert, Coffin & Rudman, Portland, for Amicus Curiae, Hannaford Bros.

John A. Woodcock, Jr., Weatherbee, Woodcock, Burlock & Woodcock, P.A., Bangor, for Amicus Curiae, Bowater Corp.

Thomas R. Downing (orally), Stephen Kottler, Hardy Wolf & Downing, P.A., Lewiston, for Ghyslaine Bureau.

Renea Warman, pro se, did not appear.

Patrick N. McTeague (orally), McTeague, Higbee, Macadam, Case, Watson & Cohen, Topsham, for Michael Caiazzo.

Jeffrey L. Cohen, McTeague, Higbee, Macadam, Case, Watson & Cohen, Topsham, for Amicus Curiae, Maine AFL-CIO.

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

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

At issue in this consolidated appeal1 is the continued existence of the so-called "work search" requirement in determining injured workers' entitlement to benefits for partial incapacity pursuant to the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992, 39-A M.R.S.A. § 101 et seq. (Supp.1995), and the interpretation of 39-A M.R.S.A. §§ 213, 214 (Supp. 1995). The employers of Ghyslaine Bureau and Renea...

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