Bath Iron Works Accuses Maine Comp Chief of Conflict of Interest

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau Chiefmike@workcompcentral.comBath Iron Works Corp. – the Maine-based builder of U.S. Navy warships – filed a motion in Superior Court last week to remove Maine Workers' Compensation Board Chairman and Chief Executive Paul Dionne and the board from the 17-year-old debate over a proposed hospital fee schedule.Attorneys for the General Dynamics subsidiary alleged the board has ignored a court order issued in August 2008 that it abandon its system for requiring the payment of hospital fees based on usual and customary charges.Bath Iron Works (BIW...