LOUD v. KEZAR FALLS WOOLEN CO.


735 A.2d 965 (1999)

1999 ME 118

Denise LOUD v. KEZAR FALLS WOOLEN CO. et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henri A. Benoit II (orally), Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein, Portland, for employee.

Alison A. Denham (orally), Douglas, Denham, Rodgers & Hood, Portland, for Kezar Falls Woolen and Travelers.

Elizabeth Eddy Griffin, Allan M. Muir, Portland, did not file brief for Robinson Manufacturing, Zurich Commercial and Maine Bonding.

Pierce Atwood, Portland, for Robinson Manufacturing, Zurich Commercial and Maine Bonding.

Michael E. Saucier, Thompson & Bowie, Portland, did not file brief for Aetna.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, and ALEXANDER, JJ.


WATHEN, C.J.

[¶ 1] The employer, Kezar Falls Woolen Co., appeals from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board partially granting its petition for forfeiture. The Board concluded that although the employee's refusal of an offer of reinstatement employment resulted in a forfeiture of benefits, the employee's subsequent inquiries into job opportunities, and further layoffs at Kezar Falls, ended "the period of the refusal" pursuant to 39-A M.R.S.A. § 214...

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