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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 39, § 92 (2026)

Authority of chairman; administration

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 548, §6 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 479, §16 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 63, §G (AMD). PL 1985, c. 65, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 372, §§A30,31 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 601, §§4,5 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 785, §§B180,181 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 16, §2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 454, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 877, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 528, §AA2 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 528, §RRR (AFF). PL 1991, c. 591, §AA2 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 615, §A41 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 885, §A7 (RP). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases, 1965–1991 · leading case: Hird v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 512 A.2d 1035 (Me. 1986).
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Hird v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 512 A.2d 1035 (Me. 1986). · cites it 2× “Nowhere in Section 95 is the Commission empowered to apply other equitable principles to save untimely claims when the employee alleges that he failed to file a timely claim because he relied upon misinformation supplied by his employer about the nature of his remedies under the…”
Overend v. Elan I Corp., 441 A.2d 311 (Me. 1982). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff Overend was employed by defendant Elan I Corporation as a resident director at a treatment center for juvenile offenders.”
Townsend v. Maine Bureau of Pub. Saf., 404 A.2d 1014 (Me. 1979). “A liberal interpretation of the Act is therefore mandated, 39 M.R.S.A. § 92, to avoid harsh or incongruous results and to ensure that all employees who have received industrial injuries will be protected.”
Ayotte v. United Servs., Inc., 567 A.2d 430 (Me. 1989). · cites it 2× “The chairman of the Commission through the general supervisory powers granted by 39 M.R.S.A. § 92 (1989) has promulgated Me.”
Rines v. Scott, 432 A.2d 767 (Me. 1981). · cites it 2× “39 M.R.S.A. § 92. Gilbert v. Maheux, Me., 391 A.”
Moreau v. Zayre Corp., 408 A.2d 1289 (Me. 1979). “2 Section 51 of the Act obliges an employer to furnish medical services to an employee who has suffered a compensable injury.”
Ross v. Oxford Paper Co., 363 A.2d 712 (Me. 1976). “This liberal construction mandate is in fact imposed upon him by the Legislature through the enactment of 39 M.R.S.A. § 92 as well as by the Law Court through past case law precedent.”
Marsella v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 585 A.2d 802 (Me. 1991). · cites it 2× “" 39 M.R.S.A. § 92. Because workers' compensation is an exclusive remedy, see, e.”
Canning v. State, 444 A.2d 387 (Me. 1982). · cites it 2× “The employee further urges that pleadings before the commission should not be held to a rigorous standard, the more so here since the employee was using a form petition promulgated by the commission pursuant to 39 M.R.S.A. § 92 (Supp.1981). The suggestion apparently is that an…”
St. Pierre v. St. Regis Paper Co., 386 A.2d 714 (Me. 1978). “In the exercise of its rulemaking power under 39 M.R.S.A. § 92 (1964), the Industrial Accident Commission on April 26, 1978, adopted the Maine Rules of Evidence for purposes of proceedings before it.”
Page v. Gen. Elec. Co., 391 A.2d 303 (Me. 1978). “2d 951, 953 (1976). There is no explicit statutory authorization for the deduction of unemployment benefits from otherwise proven claims and, although the Workmen’s Compensation statute must be liberally construed, 39 M.”
Johnson v. SD Warren, Div. of Scott Paper, 432 A.2d 431 (Me. 1981). “39 M.R.S.A. § 92; Gilbert v. Maheux, Me., 391 A.”
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Hird v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 512 A.2d 1035 (Me. 1986). “Nowhere in Section 95 is the Commission empowered to apply other equitable principles to save untimely claims when the employee alleges that he failed to file a timely claim because he relied upon misinformation supplied by his employer about the nature of his remedies under the…”
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