ST. MARY'S REG. MED. v. BATH IRON WORKS

Docket: WCB-08-663

977 A.2d 431 (2009)

2009 ME 92

ST. MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. BATH IRON WORKS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan M. Hansen, Esq., Jonathan G. Mermin, Esq. (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, ME, for Bath Iron Works.

Sheilah R. McLaughlin, Esq. (orally), Douglas, Denham, Buccina & Ernst, Portland, ME, for St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.

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


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] In this workers' compensation appeal, we are asked to decide whether a health care provider is entitled to maintain a direct action for reimbursement of treatment costs pursuant to the Maine Workers' Compensation Act, 39-A M.R.S. §§ 101-909 (2008), which would exceed payment made pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 901-950 (1994 & 2009 Supp.), when the injured employee has...

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