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COMMERCIAL UNION INS. v. WORKERS' COMP.

704 A.2d 358 (1997)

1997 ME 227

COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. King (orally), Barbara A. Cardone, Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Julia A. Finn (orally), General Counsel, Workers' Compensation Board, Augusta, for defendant.

Wayne M. Whitney (orally), McTeague, Higbee, MacAdam, Case, Watson & Cohen, Topsham, for party-in-interest Lynn Thiel.

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

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] Commercial Union Insurance Company appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Kravchuk, J.) affirming a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board penalizing the insurer $2,500 for violations of the Worker's Compensation Act in obtaining an employee's medical records. 39-A M.R.S.A. § 360(2) (Supp.1997). Commercial Union contends that, because the Board's decision has a collateral estoppel effect in an action...

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