BRIDGEMAN v. S.D. WARREN CO.


872 A.2d 961 (2005)

2005 ME 38

Oreta BRIDGEMAN v. S.D. WARREN COMPANY et al. Kevin Mitchell v. United Parcel Service et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. MacAdam (orally), Anna Priluk, MacAdam Law Offices, P.A., Portland, for Oreta Bridgeman.

Kevin M. Noonan (orally), McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A., Topsham, for Kevin Mitchell.

Thomas R. Kelly (orally), Thomas Quartararo, Robinson Kriger & McCallum, Portland, Richard D. Tucker (orally), Tucker & Dostie, P.A., Bangor, for S.D. Warren Co.

John P. Flynn III (orally), Troubh Heisler Piampiano Hark Andrucki, Portland, for United Parcel Service.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.


CLIFFORD, J.

[¶ 1] In this consolidated appeal, the employers, S.D. Warren Co. and United Parcel Service (UPS), appeal from decisions of hearing officers of the Workers' Compensation Board challenging the validity of Me. W.C.B. Rule, ch. 1, § 1, the fourteen-day rule, pursuant to which employers can become liable for the payment of short-term total incapacity benefits for failing to controvert a workers' compensation claim within fourteen days of the receipt...

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