Opinion

Rines v. Scott

  • 432 A.2d 767
  • 1981 Me. LEXIS 888
Court
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Filed
Jul 20, 1981
Status
Published
Author
McKUSICK
On the bench
McKusick, Godfrey, Nichols, Glassman, Carter, Dufresne
Cited by
8 cases

“We hold that the incident triggering a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment, when present and subjectively connected together, continues to mark the point of commencement of the time limitations ....”

How later courts described this case

  • “We hold that the incident triggering a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment, when present and subjectively connected together, continues to mark the point of commencement of the time limitations ....”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

McKUSICK, C. J.,

concurring.

GODFREY, J., with whom NICHOLS and CARTER, JJ., join, concurring in separate opinion.

*774 GODFREY, Justice, concurring with whom NICHOLS and CARTER, JJ., join.

I concur in the result on the plain and simple ground given by the Commissioner; namely, that Riñes sustained his injury on June 19,1975, and did not file an agreement or a petition within two years thereafter. From the evidence of record, described in the majority opinion, it is clear that Riñes was aware he had been hurt as a result of his fall and that his injury was work-related. In fact, he notified his employer of the injury quite promptly. This is not a case where serious symptoms, including pain, did not develop until considerable time had elapsed after the work-related incident occurred. I see no necessity for reaching the question in this case whether the term “injury,” as used in the pertinent limitation provision of section 95, must be construed as having the same meaning as the term “accident” under the prior law. As a matter of fact, in this case accident and injury occurred at the same time.

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