Maine Supreme Judicial Court
2004 Decisions



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December 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 157HAN-03-515864 A.2d 169 12/23/04RONALD STANLEY v. HANCOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
2004 ME 156KEN-04-409863 A.2d 276 12/20/04STATE OF MAINE v. GHE J. GRIP
2004 ME 155SAG-04-288864 A.2d 166 12/20/04STATE OF MAINE v. GARY E. HOLMES
2004 ME 154KEN-03-623863 A.2d 890 12/17/04PAUL BATES et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPLMENTAL SERVICES et al.
2004 ME 153YOR-04-484863 A.2d 270 12/17/04ADOPTION OF MICHAELA C.
2004 ME 152PEN-04-126864 A.2d 162 12/17/04IN RE SARAH C.
2004 ME 151KEN-04-290863 A.2d 276 12/15/04IN RE WALTER R.
2004 ME 150CUM-04-176863 A.2d 885 12/14/04GREGORY COYNE v. GREG PEACE
2004 ME 149PEN-04-128863 A.2d 877 12/13/04STATE OF MAINE v. FRANK C. GREENLEAF
2004 ME 148ARO-04-141866 A.2d 85 12/9/04STATE OF MAINE v. MARK T. SMITH
2004 ME 147KEN-04-97861 A.2d 634 12/3/04RICHARD AVERY v. KENNEBEC MILLWORK, INC.




November 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 146PEN-04-131861 A.2d 687 11/30/04BRYAN BELL v. CHAD WALTON
2004 ME 145CUM-04-134861 A.2d 690 11/30/04PENNY (LEASK) THORNE v. RICHARD S. LEASK
2004 ME 144PEN-04-99861 A.2d 1286 11/30/04IN RE ADRIAN D. et al.
2004 ME 143AND-04-80866 A.2d 88 11/29/04JON SCOTT v. ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY JAIL, et al.
2004 ME 142YOR-04-193861 A.2d 662 11/22/04COMMERCE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. NANCY S. DWORMAN
2004 ME 141PEN-04-174863 A.2d 266 11/16/04STATE OF MAINE v. TERENCE J. HUGHES
2004 ME 140FED-04-273861 A.2d 652 11/10/04JACKSON BROOK INSTITUTE, INC. et al. v. MAINE INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
2004 ME 139HAN-04-5861 A.2d 645 11/9/04ROBERT B. MURCH, personal representative of the Estate of Rita S. Murch v. BONNIE SUE NASH
2004 ME 138KEN-03-363863 A.2d 263 11/9/04STATE OF MAINE v. DAVID COCHRAIN
2004 ME 137YOR-03-624
11/8/04ANCHORAGE REALTY TRUST v. BRENDAN K. DONOVAN et al.
2004 ME 136PIS-04-34861 A.2d 637 11/5/04STATE OF MAINE v. MARK J. DURANT
2004 ME 135WCB-04-122861 A.2d. 1283 11/3/04ANNA M. SANDERS v. SEASIDE NURSING HOME et al.
2004 ME 134HAN-03-698861 A.2d 625 11/2/04JOAN SULLIVAN et al. v. MERVAL PORTER JR. et al.
2004 ME 133WAS-03-549861 A.2d 618 11/2/04ANTHONY DIVETO et al. v. KENT KJELLGREN et al.
2004 ME 132HAN-04-130861 A.2d 617 11/1/04JOHN T. ROBERTS v. TOWN OF SOUTHWEST HARBOR




October 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 131AND-03-718861 A.2d 678 10/28/04IRA LEVINE v. KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2004 ME 130CUM-04-189865 A.2d 555 10/27/04HANNAH O'TOOLE v. CITY OF PORTLAND
2004 ME 129SOM-03-704861 A.2d 671 10/26/04CASTINE ENERGY CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. T.T. DUNPHY, INC.
2004 ME 128YOR-03-787861 A.2d 668 10/25/04CLARK RICE v. CITY OF BIDDEFORD
2004 ME 127KEN-04-562861 A.2d 641 10/8/04DOROTHY M. MELANSON v. SECRETARY OF STATE et al.
2004 ME 126AND-03-327861 A.2d 39 10/7/04STATE OF MAINE v. BRANDON THONGSAVANH
2004 ME 125OXF-03-733861 A.2d 1277 10/1/04IN RE JAZMINE L. et al.




September 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 119OXF-03-641860 A.2d 851 10/21/04(revised)WILLIAM GROVER v. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
2004 ME 124CUM-03-223860 A.2d 861 9/30/04GREGORY L. BUTTERFIELD v. NORFOLK & DEDHAM MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
2004 ME 123CUM-04-91861 A.2d 43 9/28/04STATE OF MAINE v. GARY L. SWEENEY
2004 ME 122PEN-04-129860 A.2d 860 9/27/04STATE OF MAINE v. JOHN MARTIN
2004 ME 121CUM-03-764860 A.2d 390 9/23/04ACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY v. VERMONT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
2004 ME 120YOR-04-114860 A.2d 387 9/21/04FRANK A. SMITH et al. v. STATE TAX ASSESSOR
2004 ME 119OXF-03-641860 A.2d 851 9/15/04WILLIAM GROVER v. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
2004 ME 118CUM-04-27861 A.2d 657 9/13/04STATE OF MAINE v. DANIEL MURPHY
2004 ME 117YOR-03-676855 A.2d 1139 9/8/04PATRICIA SHRADER-MILLER v. JOHN F. MILLER




August 2004
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2004 ME 116SOM-03-395859 A.2d 163 8/31/04STATE OF MAINE v. GERALD FORSYTH
2004 ME 115PEN-03-456855 A.2d 1159 8/31/04TOWN OF LEVANT v. LAURIE M. SEYMOUR
2004 ME 114KEN-03-592859 A.2d 163 8/31/04WILLIAM HUDSON v. COMMERCIAL UNION YORK INSURANCE COMPANY
2004 ME 113ARO-03-756855 A.2d 1168 8/31/04BARBARA (ERICKSON) KOSZEGI v. DONALD A. ERICKSON JR.
2004 ME 112CUM-03-782855 A.2d 1157 8/31/04YORK INSURANCE COMPANY OF MAINE, INC. v. DENISE BOWDEN et al.
2004 ME 111PEN-03-711855 A.2d 1150 8/31/04ROY BICKFORD v. ONSLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC.
2004 ME 110CUM-04-56856 A.2d 110 8/16/04STATE OF MAINE v. JOHN FORBIS
2004 ME 109YOR-03-716855 A.2d 1146 8/16/04ESTATE OF FERMIN A. GONZALEZ
2004 ME 108LIN-03-599854 A.2d 869 8/13/04CLARA E. LEONARD v. DANA A. BOARDMAN
2004 ME 107SAG-03-588854 A.2d 860 8/13/04STATE OF MAINE v. MICHAEL TRUSIANI
2004 ME 106WCB-03-610854 A.2d 212 8/11/04HELEN ST. PIERRE v. FALCON SHOE et al.
2004 ME 105PEN-03-411854 A.2d 208 8/10/04STATE OF MAINE v. MARK BARNES
2004 ME 104YOR-03-661854 A.2d 195 8/4/04IN RE THOMAS D.
2004 ME 103KNO-04-87854 A.2d 193 8/4/04FREIDA L. URQUHART v. DOUGLAS M. URQUHART
2004 ME 102WAS-03-702854 A.2d 855 8/2/04STATE OF MAINE v. KATRINA BRIDGES
2004 ME 101CUM-04-61854 A.2d 189 8/2/04STATE OF MAINE v. CORNHUSKERS MOTOR LINES, INC.
2004 ME 100CUM-03-703854 A.2d 185 8/2/04TOWN OF NAPLES v. THOMAS YARCHESKI et al.




July 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 99SJC-239, SJC-240 & SJC-241857 A.2d 494 7/27/04IN THE MATTER OF PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT DISPUTES 2004
2004 ME 98PEN-04-8854 A.2d 228 7/27/04IN RE BRANDON D. et al.
2004 ME 97WCB-03-614854 A.2d 223 7/27/04MICHAEL MAIETTA v. TOWN OF SCARBOROUGH
2004 ME 96YOR-04-198 & YOR-04-232853 .2d 224 7/23/04PHILIP J. MALONSON v. TOWN OF BERWICK
2004 ME 95PEN-03-671854 A.2d 216 7/23/04PEREGRINE DEVELOPERS, LLC v. TOWN OF ORONO et al.
2004 ME 94SOM-04-58853 A.2d 762 7/23/04IN RE ZOE M.
2004 ME 93OXF-03-775853 A.2d 221 7/23/04RICHARD N. CUMMINGS SR. V. DAVID BEAN
2004 ME 92YOR-03-710854 A.2d 216 7/23/04SANDRA AUSTIN v. BARBARA COSTANTINO et al.
2004 ME 91CUM-04-62854 A.2d 222 7/23/04MAREK A. KWASNIK v. PERTER E. WALSH
2004 ME 90CUM-03-449854 A.2d 1164 7/22/04STATE OF MAINE v. JEFFREY GORMAN
2004 ME 89CUM-03-633853 A.2d 755 7/19/04JOSEPH SOLEY et al. v. JEFFREY KARLL et al.
2004 ME 88CUM-03-774853 A.2d 760 7/19/04STATE OF MAINE v. SCOTT LIBERTY
2004 ME 87KNO-03-758856 A.2d 1196 7/19/04WILLARD RADLEY et al. v. RUSSELL FISH
2004 ME 86CUM-03-352853 A.2d 752 7/15/04RONALD PERKINS v. SCOTT BLAKE
2004 ME 85CUM-03-639853 A.2d 749 7/2/04LANDMARK REALTY v. JOHN LEASURE
2004 ME 84CUM-03-781853 A.2d 214 7/2/04ROBERT WELCH et al. v. STATE OF MAINE
2004 ME 83WCB-03-537853 A.2d 217 7/2/04FRANCIS J. ARSENAULT v. J.A. THURSTON CO. et al.




June 2004
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2004 ME 82WCB-03-603853 A.2d 779 6/30/04CURT BROWN v. SAPPI FINE PAPER et al.
2004 ME 81KEN-02-743853 A.2d 772 6/29/04STATE OF MAINE v. DANIEL DONOVAN
2004 ME 80LIN-03-266853 .2d 767 6/24/04MAINE FARMS VENISON, INC. v. PEERLESS INSURANCE CO.
2004 ME 67AND-03-596
6/22/04(REVISED)STATE OF MAINE v. FRANCOISE G. GALLANT
2004 ME 79OXF-03-647851 A.2d 521 6/17/04STATE OF MAINE v. MICHAEL PATTERSON
2004 ME 78KEN-02-317852 A.2d 70 6/16/04STATE OF MAINE v. MICHAEL E. COMMEAU
2004 ME 77CUM-03-687850 A.2d 346 6/11/04IN RE WALTER R.
2004 ME 76CUM-03-688850 A.2d 341 6/11/04IN RE KEVIN C.
2004 ME 75KEN-03-167851 A2d 515 6/3/04JOHN H. SHOSTAK et al. v. JEFFREY SHOSTAK et al.
2004 ME 74PEN-03-3852 A.2d 66 6/3/04ARTHUR REARDON v. LOVELY DEVELOPMENT, INC.
2004 ME 73YOR-03-612850 A.2d 325 6/3/04DANIEL SANFORD v. TOWN OF SHAPLEIGH
2004 ME 72YOR-03-493850 A.2d 330 6/3/04JERALD R. COURT v. PAMELA A. KIESMAN
2004 ME 71CUM-03-637852 A.2d 58 6/3/04DAVID SAWYER et al. v. TOWN OF CAPE ELIZABETH
2004 ME 70CUM-03-409850 A.2d 319 6/1/04KIMBERLY DONOVAN v. CITY OF PORTLAND




MAY 2004
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2004 ME 69AND-03-296850 A.2d 354 5/21/04DEBORAH L. SPOONER v. STEPHEN A. SPOONER
2004 ME 68YOR-03-532847 A.2d 415 5/14/04GUARDIANSHIP OF JO ANN L.
2004 ME 67AND-03-596847 A.2d 413 5/13/04STATE OF MAINE v. FRANCOISE G. GALLANT
2004 ME 66CUM-03-334850 A.2d 352 5/12/04CHARLES R. MERRICK v. THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
2004 ME 65YOR-03-393856 A.2d 1183 5/11/04KITTERY RETAIL VENTURES, LLC et al. v. TOWN OF KITTERY
2004 ME 64AND-03-720847 A.2d 411 5/10/04CATHERINE GREENWALD v. HEATH GREENWALD
2004 ME 63YOR-03-517847 A.2d 406 5/10/04DONALD A. THOMPSON v. SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS, INC. et al.
2004 ME 62KEN-03-546847 A.2d 404 5/7/04DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES o/b/o PAMELA FLEWELLING v. JEROME BLAISDELL
2004 ME 61CUM-03-690847 A.2d 1169 5/7/04MARY JO TAYLOR v. ERIC A. TAYLOR
2004 ME 60CUM-03-642848 A.2d 618 5/6/04JOHN B. DiSANTO and SONS, INC. v. CITY OF PORTLAND
2004 ME 59KEN-03-490847 A.2d 401 5/4/04STATE OF MAINE v. ANDREW HIGBIE
2004 ME 58PEN-03-529847 A.2d 395 5/5/04YORK REGISTER OF PROBATE v. YORK COUNTY PROBATE COURT et al.




APRIL 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 57PEN-03-529847 A.2d 425 4/27/04STATE OF MAINE v. JOSHUA BAIRD
2004 ME 56KNO-03-419847 A.2d 418 4/22/04EDWARD A. ACKERMAN v. FRANCIS E. YATES
2004 ME 55SJC-03-237846 A.2d 995 4/22/04IN RE 2003 APPORTIONMENT of the STATE SENATE and UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
2004 ME 54OJ-04-01850 A.2d 1145 4/16/04OPINION OF THE JUSTICES; GIVEN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3 OF THE MAINE CONSITUTION
2004 ME 53CUM-03-538847 A.2d 1169 4/15/04MAIETTA CONSTRUCTION, INC. et al. v. THEODORE WAINWRIGHT
2004 ME 52YOR-03-481845 A.2d 1173 4/9/04YORK GOLF AND TENNIS CLUB et al. v. TUDOR INSURACE COMPANY
2004 ME 51KEN-03-557846 A.2d 336 4/9/04MAINE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH TRUST v. DONALD MALONEY et al.
2004 ME 50FRA-03-613846 A.2d 333 4/8/04PERRY A. LAMB v. TOWN OF FARMINGTON
2004 ME 49WCB-02-588845 A.2d 1163 4/8/04MARYANN MOORE v. CITY OF PORTLAND
2004 ME 48HA-03-534850 A.2d 334 4/8/04UNION RIVER ASSOCIATES v. HOWARD BUDMAN
2004 ME 47CUM-03-408 & CUM-03-514845 A.2d 1168 4/8/04BARBARA HATHAWAY v. CITY IF PORTLAND/WINTER DANFORTH CORPORATION v. CITY OF PORTLAND
2004 ME 46PEN-03-297845 A.2d 1153 4/7/04IN RE JOSHUA JOSEPH PERRY
2004 ME 45CUM-03-552845 A.2d 1155 4/7/04YORK INSURANCE OF MAINE, INC. v. SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE
2004 ME 44HAN-03-398845 A.2d 1144 4/6/04DANYELLE E. YOUNG v. JEFFREY H. YOUMG
2004 ME 43CUM-02-534845 A.2d 1146 4/6/04C.E.W. v. D.E.W.




MARCH 2004
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OJ-04-01851 A.2d 525 3/31/04PROCEDURAL ORDER
2004 ME 42AND-03-439845 A.2d 1189 3/29/04KEVIN GUIDI et al. v. TOWN OF TURNER et al.
2004 ME 41PEN-03-523845 A.2d 563 3/26/04TINA HUSTUS v. TOWN OF MEDWAY
2004 ME 40SAG-03-461845 A.2d 567 3/26/04TARYN SAGER v. TOWN OF BOWDOINHAM
2004 ME 39KEN-03-260845 A.2d 570 3/26/04MAURICE LIBNER v. MAINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' ASSOCIATION
2004 ME 38PEN-03-411845 A.2d 575 3/26/04STATE OF MAINE v. MARK BARNES
2004 ME 37YOR-03-459845 A.2d 574 3/26/04JOHN G. CROSSLEY SR. v. STEPHEN M. TAYLOR
2004 ME 36CUM-03-214845 A.2d 1183 3/18/04FLEET NATIONAL BANK v. MICHAEL A. LIBERTY et al.
2004 ME 35PEN-03-473845 A.2d 1178 3/15/04TIMOTHY LEVER v. ACADIA HOSPITAL CORPORATION et al.
2004 ME 34HAN-03-95845 A.2d 558 3/10/04STATE OF MAINE v. EDWIN GRAHAM
2004 ME 33KEN-02-731843 A.2d 24 3/8/04NICOLE LEVINE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO.
2004 ME 32YOR-03-486843 A.2d 8 3/8/04FRED FITANIDES v. CITY OF SACO et al.
2004 ME 31PEN-03-325843 A.2d 18 3/8/04LAURA ZEGEL v. BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE
2004 ME 30LIN-03-553842 A.2d 1268 3/8/04ROBERT PATTERSON v. IRENE PATTERSON
2004 ME 29KNO-04-19845 A.2d 552 3/8/04NATHAN PEASE JR. et al. v. JASPER WYMAN & SONS et al.
2004 ME 28WAL-03-556842 A.2d 1266 3/3/04GREGORY A. HARRIMAN et al. v. BORDER TRUST CO. et al.
2004 ME 27SAG-03-539842 A.2d 1277 3/3/04ROBERT THOMAS et al. v. BCF MARINE/BATH FUEL CO.
2004 ME 26WCB-03-374843 A.2d 1 3/2/04VICKIE JOHNSON v. S.D. WARREN et al.




February 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 25SAG-03-139842 A.2d 1289 2/27/04KELLI RICHARDS v. ALFRED THOMPSON
2004 ME 24CUM-03-585843 A.2d 753 2/26/04GASTON C.S. LEE v. SCOTTIA PRINCE CRUISES LTD.
2004 ME 23CUM-03-369842 A.2d 1270 2/26/04ESTATE OF DONALD F. GORDAN
2004 ME 22KNO-03-333842 A.2d 1277 2/26/04RICHARD NIGHTINGALE v. JAMES LEACH and PAMELA LEACH
2004 ME 21YOR-02-641842 A.2d 1280 2/25/04DAVID BLACK v. LORRAINE BLACK
2004 ME 20CUM-03-427843 A.2d 43 2/25/04LARRY MOODY v. STATE LIQUOR & LOTTERY COMMISSION
2004 ME 19LIN-03-470844 A.2d 1148 2/25/04IN RE DANIELLE S.
2004 ME 18CUM-03-516843 A.2d 33 2/20/04ORLANDO E. DELOGU et al. v. CITY OF PORTLAND
2004 ME 17WCB-03-137841 A.2d 801 2/12/04RICHARD ARCHER v. MDS BUILDING, INC. et al.
2004 ME 16WCB-02-579841 A.2d 793 2/12/04JOSEPH P. LYDON v. SPRINKLER SERVICES et al.
2004 ME 15YOR-03-259841 A.2d 789 2/10/04STATE OF MAINE v. GENO L. TROTT
2004 ME 14WCB-03-86844 A.2d 1143 2/9/04RICHARD A. FARRIS v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION et al.
2004 ME 13OXF-03-462841 A.2d 783 2/5/04GRACE ST. HILAIRE v. CLEMENT ST. HILAIRE


January 2004
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2004 ME 12OXF-03-492841 A.2d 814 1/30/04STATE OF MAINE v. BRUCE ROSS
2004 ME 11CUM-03-282841 A.2d 812 1/22/04STORAGE REALTY CORPORATION v. NORTH AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. et al.
2004 ME 10AND-03-59841 A.2d 803 1/20/04STATE OF MAINE v. ROBERT ALLEY
2004 ME 9OXF-03-390840 A.2d 109 1/13/04SCOTT BOUCHARD v. AMY FROST et al.
2004 ME 8KEN-03-264840 A.2d 107 1/13/04ROZANNE ALLEY v. JOHN M. ALLEY JR.
2004 ME 7ARO-03-339840 A.2d 711 1/9/04STATE OF MAINE v. WILLIAM WILCOX
2004 ME 6CUM-03-383840 A.2d 106 1/9/04SUSAN MONTY v. CHARLES MONTY
2004 ME 5ARO-03-399840 A.2d 105 1/7/04WINIFRED M. BRADSTREET v. CHARLES S. BRADSTREET
2004 ME 4WAS-03-158840 A.2d 708 1/6/04PAMELA FRANCIS v. COLLEEN DANA-CUMMINGS v. PLEASANT POINT PASSAMAQUODDY HOUSING AUTHORITY
2004 ME 3WCB-03-478840 A.2d 97 1/6/04DONALD W. LITTLE v. KNOWLTON MACHINE COMPANY et al.
2004 ME 2CUM-03-203840 A.2d 100 1/6/04PATRICK TINSMAN et al. v. TOWN OF FALMOUTH
2004 ME 1PEN-02-358841 A.2d 785 1/6/04VANCE GINN v. KELLEY PONTIAC-MAZDA, INC.





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