BOURETTE v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.


481 A.2d 170 (1984)

George W. BOURETTE and Sarah Bourette v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. and Gary Landry v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McTeague, Higbee, Libner, Reitman & Priest, Maurice A. Libner (orally) Brunswick, for Gary Landry.

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Ernest J. Babcock (orally) Gregory W. Powell, Portland, for George and Sarah Bourette.

Hunt, Thompson & Bowie, James M. Bowie (orally) Portland, for defendant.

Before NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Defendant Dresser Industries, Inc., appeals from judgments of the Superior Court (Lincoln County) resulting from jury verdicts returned in favor of plaintiffs George Bourette, Sarah Bourette and Gary Landry. Defendant argues that the Superior Court erred in holding that Bourette and Landry were not employees of defendant and therefore barred from common law action by the exclusivity provision of the Workers' Compensation Act, 39 M.R.S.A. § 28...

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