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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 39, § 1 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 696, §390 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 885, §A7 (RP). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1972–2003 · leading case: Maine Human Rights Comm'n v. Local 1361, United Paperworkers Int'l Union AFL-CIO, 383 A.2d 369 (Me. 1978).
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Maine Human Rights Comm'n v. Local 1361, United Paperworkers Int'l Union AFL-CIO, 383 A.2d 369 (Me. 1978). · cites it 2× “, 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 1 et seq. (The Workmen's Compensation Act).”
Townsend v. Maine Bureau of Pub. Saf., 404 A.2d 1014 (Me. 1979). “We here confront the complex and sensitive issue of whether and under what circumstances a gradual mental injury will be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), 39 M.R.S.A. § 1 et seq. By a decree dated July 11, 1978, the Workers’ Compensation Commission…”
Procise v. Elec. Mut. Liab. Ins., 494 A.2d 1375 (Me. 1985). “All parties agree that, had Procise’s injury arisen out of and in the course of his employment, as defined by the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act, 39 M.R.S.A. § 1 et seq., he was entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits through General Electric’s Workers’ Compensation…”
Liberty Mut. Ins. v. Weeks, 404 A.2d 1006 (Me. 1979). “That statutory provision secures the right of the employer, or its insurance carrier, 1 liable for compensation benefits 2 to an injured worker 3 under our Workers’ Compensation Act (39 M.R.S.A. § 1 et seq.) to share in any proceeds of an action brought by the worker against…”
Philbrook v. Gates Formed-Fibre Prods., Inc., 536 A.2d 1118 (Me. 1988). “The plaintiff, Norman Philbrook, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Kennebec County, granting defendant Gates Formed-Fibre’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that Philbrook was precluded from suing Gates by the exclusivity provision of the Workers’…”
Bonney v. Canadian Nat'l Ry. Co., 100 F.R.D. 388 (D. Me. 1983). “1 ACTIONS ARISING UNDER MAINE’S WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT [2] Title 28, United States Code, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, Section 1445(c) provides that, “a civil action in any State court arising under the workmen’s compensation laws of such State may not be removed to any…”
Priestman v. Canadian Pac. Ltd., 782 F. Supp. 681 (D. Me. 1992). “As long as an employer has secured the payment of compensation in conformity with the Act the employer is exempted from civil actions involving personal injuries “sustained by an employee arising out of and in the course of his employment, or for death resulting from those…”
Sargent v. Raymond F. Sargent, Inc., 295 A.2d 35 (Me. 1972). “” As we view the case, and basic to our ultimate decision, it is necessary to determine whether the Commissioner was correct in ruling that there had been a deviation from the course of employment by the decedent at the time of the fatal accident. We begin our discussion, prior…”
Snow v. Borden, Inc., 802 F. Supp. 550 (D. Me. 1992). “The basic purpose of the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act, 39 M.R.S.A. § 1 et seq., is to provide compensation for the loss of one’s earning capacity from actual or legally presumed incapacity to work arising from accidents in industry.”
Cloutier-Hennigar v. Maine Workers' Comp. Bd. (Me. Super. Ct 2003). “FACTUAL BACKGROUND From 1983 until November 11, 1987, Petitioner worked as a waitress for Sheraton Tara Hotel (Sheraton), when she suffered a work-related injury compensable under the Maine State Workers’ Compensation Act, then 39 MRS.A. §§ 1 - 195 (now 39-A M.R.S.A. § 101 —…”
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