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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 39, § 56 (2026)

Compensation for particular injuries; permanent impairment

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 408, §5 (AMD). PL 1965, c. 489, §6 (AMD). PL 1967, c. 270 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 164 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 318, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 392, §1 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 480, §7 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 541, §§A279,A280 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 372, §A20 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 559, §B31 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases, 1968–2008 · leading case: Doucette v. Washburn, 2001 ME 38 (Me. 2001).
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Doucette v. Washburn, 2001 ME 38 (Me. 2001). “, 39 M.R.S.A. § 56 (Pamph.1986), repealed and replaced by P.”
Reggep v. Lunder Shoe Prods. Co., 241 A.2d 802 (Me. 1968). · cites it 3× “39 M.R.S.A. § 56. In 1965 the Legislature enacted Chap.”
Bouford v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 514 A.2d 470 (Me. 1986). · cites it 2× “§ 55; and permanent impairment, 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 56, 56-A. Section 56, like 33 U.”
Clark v. Int'l Paper Co., 638 A.2d 65 (Me. 1994). · cites it 2× “The permanent impairment sections of the old Act were found in 39 M.R.S.A. § 56, repealed by P.L. 1987, ch.”
Bean v. H.E. Sargent, Inc., 541 A.2d 944 (Me. 1988). · cites it 3× “1 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 56, 56-A (Supp.1987). Following the death of each employee, his estate filed a petition for permanent impairment benefits.”
Harvey v. H.C. Price Co., 2008 ME 161 (Me. 2008). “, 39 M.R.S.A. § 56 (Pamph.1986). In 1987, this approach was replaced with the “whole-body” approach, in which permanent impairment was calculated as a percentage of total body impairment, and the number of weeks of benefits to be awarded was determined according to a sliding…”
Delorge v. NKL Tanning, Inc., 578 A.2d 1173 (Me. 1990). · cites it 2× “Marcel Delorge appeals from the decision of the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Commission affirming the hearing commissioner’s award on Delorge’s claim for permanent impairment pursuant to 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 56 & 56-A {repealed by P.L.”
Tracy v. Hershey Creamery Co., 720 A.2d 579 (Me. 1998). · cites it 3× “, 39 M.R.S.A. § 56 (Pamph.1986), repealed by P.”
Dumond v. Aroostook Van Lines, 670 A.2d 939 (Me. 1996). “In 1987, as part of an emergency effort to reduce workers’ compensation benefits, the Legislature replaced the former “body part” schedule with a “whole body” approach to calculating permanent impairment benefits. P.L.1987, ch. 559, § B, 33; L.”
Bourgoin v. J.P. Levesque & Sons, 1999 ME 21 (Me. 1999). · cites it 2× “See 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 56, 56-A (Pamph. 1986), repealed and replaced by P.”
Campbell v. Bates Fabrics, Inc., 422 A.2d 1014 (Me. 1980). “25 for permanent impairment pursuant to the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act, 39 M.R.S.A. § 56. Campbell contends that if the Commission had properly construed Section 56 to include the Act’s “inflation-deflation adjustment provision” she would have been entitled to nearly $2,000.”
Churchill v. Cent. Aroostook Ass'n for Retarded Citizens, Inc., 1999 ME 192 (Me. 1999). “, 39 M.R.S.A. § 56 (Pamph.1986), repealed and replaced by P.”
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