Maine Limits 'Kotch' Decision

Last Thursday, April 25, the Maine state legislature overturned the Maine judicial Supreme Court's decision on Kotch v. American Protective Services in passing L.D. 2202/S.B. 822. The new law was heavily lobbied for by the American Insurance Association. The February 2002 Kotch decision allowed for the combining of workers compensation injuries and nonwork-related injuries in the determination of a worker...