DeRICE v. S.D. WARREN CO.


694 A.2d 450 (1997)

1997 ME 84

Donald A. DeRICE v. S.D. WARREN CO. Deborah HOWARD v. PRATT & WHITNEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. MacAdam (orally), McTeague, Higbee, MacAdam, Case, Watson & Cohen, Topsham, for Donald DeRice.

Arthur H. Dumas, Sanford, for Deborah Howard.

Thomas E. Getchell and Michael Richards (orally), Trough, Heisler & Piampiano, P.A., Portland, for employers.

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


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] The employers in this consolidated case appeal from decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board granting the employees' motions for attorney fees. Both cases involve an injury that occurred before 1993. In both cases, petitions for relief were filed and submitted to mediation after the effective date of title 39-A. Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992, P.L.1991, ch. 885 (effective...

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