Maine Supreme Judicial Court
2006 Decisions
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December 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 143WAL-06-120913 A.2d 608 12/19/06ESTATE OF TIMMY L. BARROWS
2006 ME 142CUM-06-90912 A.2d 572 12/19/06IN RE DORIS G. et al.




November 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 141PEN-06-284910 A.2d 401 11/30/06IN RE MARIAH B.
2006 ME 140ARO-06-177910 A.2d 396 11/30/06ELLA FITZPATRICK v. ALLAN G. FITZPATRICK
2006 ME 139HAN-06-81910 A.2d 373 11/28/06STATE OF MAINE v. LEWIS MOORES
2006 ME 138HAN-05-625914 A.2d 703 11/28/06ESTATE OF ALICE J. SILSBY
2006 ME 137PEN-06-172910 A.2d 388 11/28/06STATE OF MAINE v. JIMMY D. LIPHAM
2006 ME 136PEN-05-489910 A.2d 376 11/28/06FERN DOWLING v. BANGOR HOUSING AUTHORITY
2006 ME 135YOR-06-99910 A.2d 392 11/28/06MILL POND CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION v. RICHARD MANALIO et al.
2006 ME 134CUM-05-666910 A.2d 1053 11/21/06STATE OF MAINE v. BRANDON T. MILLS
2006 ME 133AND-06-157909 A.2d 1011 11/21/06STATE OF MAINE v. HUSSEIN AHMED
2006 ME 132AND-05-699909 A.2d 638 11/16/06SANDRA A. HOGAN v. DANIEL A. VENO
2006 ME 131SAG-05-591909 A.2d 1010 11/16/06BRENDA BISSON v. HANNAFORD BROTHERS COMPANY, INC.
2006 ME 130AND-05-692909 A.2d 629 11/14/06DANIEL LePAGE v. BATH IRON WORKS CORP. et al.
2006 ME 129HAN-05-357910 A.2d 1048 11/14/06DAVID LLOYD et al. v. PETER BENSON III et al.
2006 ME 128YOR-05-417909 A.2d 626 11/9/06STATE OF MAINE v. JEFFREY R. COTE
2006 ME 127YOR-05-455909 A.2d 620 11/7/06WILLIAM R. BODACK v. TOWN OF OGUNQUIT et al.
2006 ME 126KEN-06-645908 A.2d 1205 11/2/06LaMARCHE for GOVERNOR COMMITTEE v. COMISSION on GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS and ELECTION PRATICES
2006 ME 125PEN-05-490909 A.2d 214 11/2/06ESTATE OF EDWIN L. COLBURN




October 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 124PEN-06-192909 A.2d 221 10/31/06KATHLEEN C. CONNOLLY v. PAUL E. DOUCETTE
2006 ME 123AND-06-106908 A.2d 1214 10/27/06SHIRLEY A. PASSALAQUA v. KELLY PASSALAQUA et al.
2006 ME 122KEN-06-240908 A.2d 1212 10/27/06CINDY L. FITZGERALD v. DANIEL R. BILODEAU
2006 ME 121CUM-06-92908 A.2d 1207 10/26/06ROBERT WELCH et al. v. STATE OF MAINE et al.
2006 ME 120OXF-05-463910 A.2d 366 10/25/06JAMES SPENCER et al. v. v.I.P., INC. et al.
2006 ME 119CUM-05-363908 A.2d 632 10/23/06ROBERT PINEO v. STATE OF MAINE
2006 ME 118SOM-06-31908 A.2d 629 10/17/06CERI ZEOLLA v. MICHAEL ZEOLLA
2006 ME 117WCB-05-205908 A.2d 625 10/17/06TERRY BISCO v. S.D. WARREN COMPANY et al.
2006 ME 116CUM-06-101908 A.2d 622 10/17/06RONALD P. SHERBERT v. U. CHARLES REMMEL II et al.


September 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 115ARO-05-657908 A.2d 640 9/26/06BRENDA R. BROWN v. ROGER L. HARBRLE
2006 ME 114AND-06-22908 A.2d 94 9/21/06CONSTANCE STOCKWELL v. ROGER STOCKWELL
2006 ME 113YOR-05-505905 A2d 806 9/12/06QUILAND, INC. et al. v. WELLS SANITARY DISTRICT
2006 ME 112YOR-05-372905 A2d 813 9/12/06MAGUIRE CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. DENIS FORSTER et al.
2006 ME 111KEN-06-496905 A2d 285 9/7/06JOHN E. ARSENAULT v. SECRETARY OF STATE
2006 ME 110CUM-05-443905 A2d 290 9/7/06HERBERT A. MEHLHORN v. STEPHEN W. DERBY et al.




August 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 109SAG-05-362907 A.2d 147 8/31/06STATE OF MAINE v. DONALD WATTS III
2006 ME 108YOR-05-554904 A2d 417 8/31/06ESTATE OF RUTH E. DINEEN
2006 ME 107SOM-05-521905 A2d 298 8/31/06DAVID VILES et al. v. TOWN OF EMBDEN
2006 ME 106YOR-05-593907 A.2d 802 8/29/06LDC GENERAL CONTRACTING v. JAMES LeBLANC
2006 ME 105HAN-05-634905 A2d 836 8/28/06STATE OF MAINE v. DONALD G. TOZIER
2006 ME 104CUM-05-644905 A2d 829 8/28/06PORTLAND WATER DISTRICT v. TOWN OF STANDISH
2006 ME 103CUM-05-607903 A2d 853 8/22/06STATE OF MAINE v. NICHOLAS C. BENNETT
2006 ME 102YOR-05-347905 A2d 293 8/17/06ROBERT LOGAN v. CITY OF BIDDEFORD et al.
2006 ME 101SRP-05-622904 A2d 409 8/17/06STATE OF MAINE v. SALLY A. SCHOFIELD
2006 ME 100CUM-05-232903 A2d 848 8/16/06ROSALIE FUSCHETTI v. JOHN P. MURRAY
2006 ME 99AND-05-526904 A2d 403 8/16/06LISA A. GRENIER V. GARY P. GRENIER
2006 ME 98CUM-05-251902 A2d 843 8/7/06KEVIN J. WOOD v. JEAN G. BELL
2006 ME 97PEN-05-464902 A2d 843 8/3/06BANK OF AMERICA v. SUSAN FINNEMORE
2006 ME 96HAN-05-559902 A2d 839 8/2/06ALEC H. SARGENT v. RACHEL L. BRAUN
2006 ME 95OXF-06-15902 A2d 838 8/2/06PAUL CREAMER v. EDWARD BISHOP et al.
2006 ME 94PEN-05-208902 A2d 830 8/2/06/06KRISTOPHER T. SAUNDERS v. PAUL TISHER




July 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 93LIN-05-18903 A2d 342 7/31/06FREDRIC LEWIS v. MARK KEEGAN et al.
2006 ME 92KEN-06-360902 A2d 855 7/28/06WILLIAM P. JOHNSON v. CITY OF AUGUSTA
2006 ME 91LIN-05-143903 A2d 339 7/27/06STATE OF MAINE v. EUGENE W. NEILD
2006 ME 90CUM-05-394 AND YOR-05-431902 A2d 141 7/27/06STATE OF MAINE v. MICHAEL FALCONE and STATE OF MAINE v. JAMES JANETTI
2006 ME 89ARO-05-661902 A2d 852 7/26/06ESTATE OF GEORGE L. FOURNIER
2006 ME 88HAN-05-627901 A2d 816 7/21/06TOWN OF WALTHAM v. PPL MAINE, LLC
2006 ME 87KNO-05-605901 A2d 814 7/19/06SPENCER PENN III v. FMC CORPORATION
2006 ME 86YOR-05-344901 A2d 809 7/18/06RIVER DALE ASSOCIATION et al. v. ANDREW W. BLOSS et al.
2006 ME 85PEN-05-305901 A2d 200 7/13/06YEADON FABRIC DOMES, INC. v. MAINE SPORTS COMPLEX, LLC
2006 ME 84PEN-05-315901 A2d 189 7/13/06STATE OF MAINE v. LUKE TUPLIN
2006 ME 83CUM-05-86901 A2d 792 7/6/06STATE OF MAINE v. LUKE TUPLIN
2006 ME 82KEN-04-157901 A2d 184 7/6/06STATE OF MAINE v. GARY GACH
2006 ME 81YOR-05-430901 A2d 800 7/6/06STATE OF MAINE v. PRISCILLA QUELLETTE
2006 ME 80PEN-03-715 and SOM-03-576900 A2d 702 7/6/06STATE OF MAINE v. HANK WATSON and STATE OF MAINE v. JONATHAN BLUMBERG


June 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 79KEN-05-235900 A2d 733 6/28/06JOHN W. VOORHEES v. SAGADAHOC COUNTY
2006 ME 78WCB-05-473900 A2d 728 6/27/06NADYA PEARSON v. FREEPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT et al.
2006 ME 77OXF-05-292899 A2d 815 6/22/06CONWAY LAKE RESORTS, INC. v. QUISISANA RESORT et al.
2006 ME 76OXF-05-47899 A2d 806 6/20/06STATE OF MAINE v. LAWRENCE A. PERRY
2006 ME 75KNO-05-337899 A2d 801 6/19/06STATE OF MAINE v. DONALD PIERCE
2006 ME 74CUM-05-516899 A2d 796 6/19/06DEBORAH A. JABAR v. JAMES A. JABAR
2006 ME 73SAG-05-423899 A2d 793 6/19/06CHARLES PAYNE v. MAILI PAYNE
2006 ME 72PEN-04-636905 A2d 819 6/16/06PATRONS OXFORD INSURANCE COMPANY v. PRESTON A. HARRIS et al.
2006 ME 71WCB-05-471899 A2d 787 6/16/06ROBYN D. FOURNIER v. AETNA, INC. et al.
2006 ME 70OXF-04-535900 A2d 719 6/15/06JUDITH A. MITCHELL v. FRANCIS X. KIELISZEK et al.
2006 ME 69WCB-05-97899 A2d 784 6/15/06ROBERT FLICKINGER v. OAKHURST DAIRY et al.
2006 ME 68HAN-05-355900 A2d 200 6/13/06JOHN E. CARTER v. KIM CARTER
2006 ME 67PEN-05-648903 A2d 333 6/12/06IN RE MATTHEW W.
2006 ME 66WCB-05-323900 A2d 195 6/12/06DIANA WILLIAMS v. TYSON'S FOOD, INC. et al.
2006 ME 65CUM-05-376899 A2d 780 6/8/06STATE OF MAINE v. DAVID YORK
2006 ME 64AND-05-393 and AND-05-406899 A2d 777 6/6/06STATE OF MAINE v. DAVID R. LAKIN and STATE OF MAINE v. SHAUN M. TUTTLE
2006 ME 63ARO-05-545898 A2d 387 6/2/06AUDREY BROWN et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


May 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 62CUM-05-472898 A2d 942 5/26/06R.F.FLIPPO et al. v. L.L. BEAN, INC. et al.
2006 ME 61CUM-05-488897 A2d 807 5/24/06ESTATE OF AMY B. HEWITT
2006 ME 60HAN-05-537904 A2d 416 5/24/06GARY E. WILLIAMS v. CARROLL F. LOOK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
2006 ME 59AND-05-484898 A2d 404 5/19/06LINDA S. PROVENCHER v. PETER M. FAUCHER
2006 ME 58CUM-05-598897 A2d 803 5/16/06DORIS CHAMPAGNE v. VICTORY HOMES, INC. et al.
2006 ME 57CUM-05-548896 A2d 965 5/12/06CHARLOTTE OWEN v. SEAN HEALY
2006 ME 56YOR-05-325896 A2d 968 5/12/06JOHN H. HAYDEN JR. et al. v. THOMAS ORFE et al.
2006 ME 55CUM-05-555896 A2d 960 5/9/06SOUTH PORTLAND POLICE PATROL ASSOCIATION et al. v. CITY OF SOUTH PORTLAND
2006 ME 54HAN-05-536896 A2d 959 5/9/06FRANKLIN PRINTING V. HARVEST HILL PRESS
2006 ME 53WAS-06-62896 A2d 950 5/8/06WINIFRED B. FRENCH CORP. et al. v. PLEASANT POINT PASSAMAQUODDY RESERVATION
2006 ME 52CUM-05-193896 A2d 956 5/8/06E. PERRY IRON and METAL CO., INC. v. CITY OF PORTLAND
2006 ME 51HAN-05-159898 A2d 392 5/8/06ANNE S. HANNUM v. BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION et al.
2006 ME 50KEN-06-223896 A2d 933 5/4/06KATHLEEN C. McGEE v. SECRETARY OF STATE et al.
2006 ME 49CUM-05-211896 A2d 268 5/3/06JAY D. RAISEN v. IRENE E. RAISEN
2006 ME 48CUM-05-45896 A2d 271 5/3/06A. MICHELLE COBB v. BOARD OF COUNSELING PROFESSIONALS LICENSURE
2006 ME 47WAL-05-497896 A2d 265 5/2/06RHONDA MADDOCKS v. WILLIAM WHITCOMB D/B/A HERMON MOUNTAIN SKI AREA
2006 ME 46CUM-05-281
5/2/06IN RE JOHNNA M. et al.
2006 ME 45YOR-05-424896 A2d 263 5/1/06DIANNE W. WILEY v. THOMAS J. WILEY




April 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 44YOR-04-654896 A2d 287 4/28/06CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AND RENEWAL CENTER v. TOWN OF LIMINGTON et al.
2006 ME 43PEN-04-223895 A.2d 972 4/28/06STATE OF MAINE v. WALTER S. COBB II
2006 ME 42WCB-05-280895 A.2d 323 4/26/06PETER HOGLUND v. AASKOV PLUMBING & HEATING et al.
2006 ME 41HAN-04-525895 A.2d 965 4/26/06ANN T. SCHWARTZ v. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMMISSION et al.
2006 ME 40HAN-05-513895 A.2d 319 4/26/06STATE OF MAINE v. GREGORY D. SMEN
2006 ME 39CUM-04-591895 A.2d 944 4/26/06JULIA ANDERSON et al. v. TOWN OF DURHAM et al.
2006 ME 38PEN-05-299895 A.2d 942 4/13/06ESTATE OF JOHN M. McPHEE
2006 ME 37FED-05-172895 A.2d 309 4/11/06STANLEY WHITNEY v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.
2006 ME 36CUM-05-187894 A.2d 480 4/5/06DONNA P. LAWRENCE v. DARREN D. WEBBER
2006 ME 35KNO-05-189894 A.2d 489 4/5/06STATE OF MAINE v. ANTHONY L. JOHNSON
2006 ME 34ARO-05-43896 A2d 923 4/4/06JOSEPH R. DIONNE et al. v. JEAN LeCLERC et al. v. PHILIP ROY


March 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 33HAN-05-162 and KEN-05-183
3/31/06LINNEHAN LEASING et al. v. STATE TAX ASSESSOR et al.
2006 ME 32CUM-04-585893 A.2d 1011 3/30/06PATRICIA BRAWN et al. v. ORAL SURGERY ASSOCIATES, P.A. et al.
2006 ME 31OXF-05-221893 A.2d 618 3/30/06FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY v. TOWN OF FRYEBURG et al.
2006 ME 30SAG-05-328893 A.2d 1004 3/30/06WESLEY W. VON SCHACK v. MARY MULHEARN VON SCHACK
2006 ME 29AND-04-461893 A.2d 611 3/29/06STATE OF MAINE v. KERRY GRAY
2006 ME 28ARO-05-580898 A2d 946 3/29/06IN RE AUSTIN T.
2006 ME 27CUM-05-486893 A.2d 610 3/29/06MAREK A. KWASNIK v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES at al.
2006 ME 26PEN-05-64893 A.2d 607 3/29/06PATRICIA K. BRADBURY v. JOHN C. BRADBURY
2006 ME 25AND-04-514893 A.2d 995 3/29/06CAROL DEPOT v. DAVID DEPOT
2006 ME 24WAL-05-297893 A.2d 599 3/13/06MARION J. DOMBKOWSKI v. EDGAR R. FERLAND
2006 ME 23KNO-05-441892 A.2d 1161 3/8/06DAVID G. FLEMING v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al.
2006 ME 22PEN-05-227892 A.2d 461 3/2/06FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. DARLING'S
2006 ME 21AND-05-201892 A.2d 456 3/2/06STATE OF MAINE v. JEREMY ALLEN
2006 ME 20AND-05-202892 A.2d 447 3/2/06STATE OF MAINE v. SARAH ALLEN
2006 ME 19HAN-04-292892 A.2d 433 3/1/06JAMES EDWARD SMITH et al. v. CATHERINE HAWTHORNE, M.D.
2006 ME 18KEN-05-270892 A.2d 1162 3/1/06STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY v. STATE TAX ASSESSOR


February 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 17WAS-05-238894 A.2d 493 2/21/06RANDY McGOWAN v. STATE OF MAINE
2006 ME 16KEN-05-285892 A.2d 465 2/17/06JULIE A. CONNOLLY, individually and o/b/o her daughter v. JOHN S. CONNOLLY
2006 ME 15KEN-04-704890 A.2d 707 2/17/06MAINE EYE CARE ASSOCIATES P.A. v. TIMBER GORMAN
2006 ME 14KNO-05-264890 A.2d 700 2/16/06FOX ISLAND GRANITE CO. v. AMERICAN GRANITE MANUFACTURERS, INC.
2006 ME 13SAG-05-234890 A.2d 703 2/16/06STATE OF MAINE v. MARK WRIGHT
2006 ME 12ARO-05-49890 A.2d 691 2/9/06HERSCHEL CONLOGUE et al. v. PATRICIA CONLOGUE
2006 ME 11OXF-05-67889 A.2d 1014 2/7/06STEAMSHIP NAVIGATION COMPANY et al. v. CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK et al.
2006 ME 10SAG-05-175889 A.2d 1011 2/7/06STEVEN L. WILLIAMS v. JULIE M. ST. PIERRE
2006 ME 9HAN-05-241889 A.2d 1009 2/1/06GLORIA A. PINKHAM v. RITE AID OF MAINE, INC.


January 2006
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2006 ME 8KEN-04-620890 A.2d 719 1/30/06STATE OF MAINE v. RICKY E. SOUCY
2006 ME 7YOR-05-249890 A.2d 713 1/27/06ROBERT RUNNELLS v. MURIEL J. QUINN
2006 ME 6PEN-05-200889 A.2d 319 1/19/06AUDREY L. STREET v. BOARD OF AUCTIONEERS
2006 ME 5CUM-05-165889 A.2d 312 1/19/06STATE OF MAINE v. GREGORY ERSKINE
2006 ME 4PUC-04-724890 A.2d 269 1/18/06DAVID DUNN v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
2006 ME 3YOR-05-322890 A.2d 263 1/17/06LARA M. BONVILLE v. JERE BONVILLE
2006 ME 2YOR-05-351888 A.2d 281 1/12/06IN RE ELIZABETH D.
2006 ME 1PEN-05-163888 A.2d 276 1/9/06STATE OF MAINE v.DOW CAIN





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