December 17, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The Maine SJC decided an important case today overruling its precedent and adopting the Second Restatement's strict liability rule for abnormally dangerous activities. I shall blog on that...
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December 14, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The Supreme Court decision that issued last week of general appellate interest was the first opinion from Justice Sotomayor, Mohawk Industries Inc. v. Carpenter, 08-678. http://www.supremeco...
December 11, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
I mentioned that the Maine SJC came out with several decisions of appellate interest last Tuesday, and blogged about one yesterday. Here's another one, addressing the necessity of a record...
December 10, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
As previewed, here's a link to a ruling from the Maine SJC Tuesday sua sponte sanctioning an attorney $2500 for remarks in his briefs castigating the trial court - Key Equipment Finance, Inc...
December 9, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Finally entering the 21st century, I have had the left margin of this blog adjusted so you can click on the subscribe link and, with a couple of more clicks, subscribe. This means that you...
December 8, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Judge Coffin died yesterday, at the age of 90. I'm sure a lot will be written about him. Here are two illustrative anecdotes. 1. I had my first First Circuit argument in front of him whe...
December 4, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The SJC issued two decisions today of some general interest: (1) Timothy P. Fitzgerald v. Christopher Hutchins; 2009 ME 115 http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/2009%20docu...
November 30, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here is something to file in the "learn something new every day" category. I always thought that the standard for obtaining a stay for an agency decision under 80B was the same as under 80...
November 24, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Following up on my previous entry, here's a summary of the discussion with Judge Lipez on November 19, aside from the rebuttal rule change discussed in that last entry. Notably, Judge Lipez...
November 20, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
As I have reported previously (e.g. entry of June 23, 2009), every six months or so, Judge Lipez holds a dialogue with Maine attorneys. Yesterday he held such a session, with about 20 attor...
