CAVERS v. HOUSTON MCLANE CO., INC.

Docket: WCB-08-14

958 A.2d 905 (2008)

2008 ME 164

Eric D. CAVERS v. HOUSTON McLANE CO., INC. d/b/a The Houston Astros Baseball Club.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: October 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. LaCasse, Esq., C. Lindsey Morrill, Esq. (orally), Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, ME, for Houston McLane Company.

Patrick M. Kelly, Esq. (orally), McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A., Topsham, ME, for Eric D. Cavers.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.


ALEXANDER, J.

[¶1] Houston McLane Co., Inc., d/b/a the Houston Astros Baseball Club, a Texas corporation, appeals from a decision of a Workers' Compensation Board hearing officer (Jerome, HO) determining that the Board has personal jurisdiction over the Houston Astros on Eric D. Cavers's claim for workers' compensation benefits. The Astros contend that the exercise of personal jurisdiction in this case violates due process because the only contact the...

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