BOURGOIN v. TWIN RIVERS PAPER CO.

Docket: WCB-16-433.

187 A.3d 10 (2018)

2018 ME 77

Gaetan H. BOURGOIN v. TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: June 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne-Marie L. Storey, Esq. (orally), and John K. Hamer, Esq. , Rudman Winchell , Bangor, for appellants Twin Rivers Paper Company, LLC, and Sedgwick Claims Management Services.

Norman G. Trask, Esq. (orally), Currier & Trask, P.A., Presque Isle, for appellee Gaetan H. Bourgoin.

Thomas E. Getchell, Esq. , Troubh Heisler, Portland, for amicus curiae University of Maine System.

Dissent: JABAR and ALEXANDER, JJ.


[¶ 1] After sustaining a work-related injury, Gaetan H. Bourgoin was issued a certification to use medical marijuana as a result of chronic back pain. He successfully petitioned the Workers' Compensation Board for an order requiring his former employer, Twin Rivers Paper Company, LLC, to pay for the medical marijuana. On this appeal...

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