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O'Brian v. Walt's Services

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Jun 12, 1979
402 A.2d 470 (Me. 1979)

Opinion

June 12, 1979.

Appeal from the Superior Court, Penobscot County.

Anderson Norton by James F. Cox (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

Rudman, Winchell, Carter Buckley by Jeffrey T. Edwards (orally), Bangor, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.


The Commissioner's decree, sustained by pro forma judgment of the Superior Court, was warranted. The Commissioner concluded appellant O'Brian, who had been receiving compensation for total disability, had recovered work capacity of fifty percent. Although the medical testimony was in conflict, the Commissioner was justified in accepting the testimony of the one physician who had treated petitioner continuously since the condition had occurred. The credibility and weight to be assigned testimony is for the Commissioner to determine, Boober v. Great Northern Paper Co., Me., 398 A.2d 371 (1979).

The Commissioner also concluded there had been no adequate work search made by appellant. Crocker v. Eastern Woolen Mills, Me., 392 A.2d 32, 34-37 (1978). In the transcript of the evidence, overwhelming support is found for this conclusion.

The entry must be:

Appeal denied.

Judgment affirmed.

It is ordered that the employer pay to the employee an allowance of $550.00 for his counsel fees, plus his reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for this appeal.

DELAHANTY, J., did not sit.


Summaries of

O'Brian v. Walt's Services

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Jun 12, 1979
402 A.2d 470 (Me. 1979)
Case details for

O'Brian v. Walt's Services

Case Details

Full title:Robert H. O'BRIAN v. WALT'S SERVICES et al

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Date published: Jun 12, 1979

Citations

402 A.2d 470 (Me. 1979)

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