Maine Supreme Judicial Court
2007 Decisions


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December 2007
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2007 ME 156AND-07-87
12/27/07STATE OF MAINE v. GARY R. GAUTHIER and STATE OF MAINE v. THOMAS J. DYER
2007 ME 155HAN-07-200
12/27/07STATE OF MAINE v. ROSEMARY PEASE and STATE OF MAINE v. BRIAN BETTERTON
2007 ME 154FRA-06-722
12/27/07SHARI THIBEAULT v. STEVEN A. BRACKETT
2007 ME 153SAG-07-15
12/20/07STATE OF MAINE v. DONALD WATTS III
2007 ME 152OXF-07-59
12/27/07NCO PORTFOLOI MANAGEMENT, INC. v. ALYSIA W. FOLSOM
2007 ME 151ARO-06-569
12/20/07STATE OF MAINE v. LUCIEN WOO
2007 ME 150HAN-06-663
12/20/07LEAH TREADWELL et al. v. J.D. CONSTRUCTION CO. et al.
2007 ME 149AND-07-116
12/20/07DANIELLE D. L'HEUREUX v. SHAWN A. MICHAUD
2007 ME 148WAS-06-621
12/18/07RALPH A. FRANCIS v. STATE OF MAINE
2007 ME 147CUM-06-623
12/18/07HEATHER L. COPPOLA v. ROBERT E. COPPOLA
2007 ME 146PEN-06-782
12/6/07JOSHUA C. RYDER et al. v. USAA GENERAL INDEMINITY CO.




November 2007
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2007 ME 145KEN-06-763
11/27/07DYER GOODALL AND FEDERLE, LLC v. SAMUEL G. PROCTOR JR.
2007 ME 144WCB-06-653
11/27/07JOHN MILLER v. CPM CONSTRUCTORS et al.
2007 ME 143WCB-06-88
11/20/07FREDERICK THOMPSON v. EARLE W. NOYES & SONS, INC. et al.
2007 ME 142AND-06-727
11/13/07STATE OF MAINE v. PETER A. DROWN JR.
2007 ME 141KEN-06-794
11/6/07ANDREW S. NICHOLSON v. BOARD OF LICENSURE IN MEDICINE




October 2007
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2007 ME 140CUM-06-691
10/18/07PATRICIA FARMUM et al. v. ORAL SURGERY ASSOCIATES et al.




September 2007
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2007 ME 139KEN-06-757
9/25/07JOHN DOE v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY et al.
2007 ME 138CUM-06-334
9/25/07R.C. MOORE, INC. v. LES-CARE KITCHENS, INC. et al. and WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., TRUSTEE
2007 ME 137PEN-06-310
9/25/07STATE OF MAINE v. LEONARD S. DIECIDUE
2007 ME 136AND-06-723
9/25/07LOUISE P. GAUTHIER v. BRUNO S. GAUTHIER
2007 ME 135YOR-06-18
9/20/07JOHN M. STEVENSON et al. v. TOWN OF KENNEBUNK
2007 ME 134LIN-06-566
9/20/07JASON PEASE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
2007 ME 133WAL-06-753
9/18/07ALICE GEARY v. THEODORE R. STANLEY et al.
2007 ME 132WCB-07-18
9/18/07, revised 10/25/07THELMA SAUCIER v. NICHOLAS PORTLAND et al.
2007 ME 131AND-06-153
9/13/07MICHAEL A. HEON v. STATE OF MAINE
2007 ME 130ARO-06-642
9/13/07STATE OF MAINE v. WILLIAM J. ESTABROOK
2007 ME 129YOR-06-639
9/11/07FREDERICK H. JEFTS v. LYNNE M. DENNIS
2007 ME 128WCB-06-341
9/11/07CHRISTINE R. FOLEY v. VERIZON et al.
2007 ME 127YOR-06-721
9/4/07CATHERINE I. (ZIEGLER) FOLEY v. GARY L. ZIEGLER
2007 ME 126KEN-06-337
9/4/07ANN NAPP v. PARKS CAMP, LTD.
2007 ME 125KEN-06-149
9/4/07PRISCILLA REID v. TOWN OF MOUNT VERNON et al.




August 2007
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2007 ME 124KNO-06-381
8/30/07STATE OF MAINE v. TERRENCE E. WINSLOW
2007 ME 123CUM-06-453
8/30/07ADOPTION OF M.A. et al.
2007 ME 122CUM-06-731
8/28/07STATE OF MAINE v. JEFFREY RICE
2007 ME 121CUM-06-792
8/28/07MARLA L. PETTINELLI v. RICHARD W. YOST III
2007 ME 120KEN-06-475
8/28/07TOWN OF WARREN AMBULANCE SERVICE v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, MAINE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
2007 ME 119PEN-06-460
8/28/07TIMOTHY W. KILROY v. NORTHEAST SUNSPACES, INC. et al.
2007 ME 118KNO-06-300
8/23/07STATE OF MAINE v. DOUGLAS A. DYER
2007 ME 117ARO-06-754
8/21/07DEPARTMENT OF ARGRICULTURE, FOOD & RURAL RESOURCES v. GERARD OUELLETTE et al.
2007 ME 116CUM-06-737
8/16/07WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. v. CHRISTOPHER E. SPAULDING et al.
2007 ME 115LIN -06-651
8/16/07STATE OF MAINE v. JASON L. STEWART
2007 ME 114KEN-07-161
8/16/07CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS CO. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL/SOCIETE CLOAS, S.A. et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, and DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
2007 ME 113OXF-05-518
8/14/07STATE OF MAINE v. CHARLES B. RABON et al.
2007 ME 112CUM-05-354
8/14/07STATE OF MAINE v. RICHARD CORMIER
2007 ME 111OXF-06-739
8/14/07TINA ALLEN v. JOHN ALLEN
2007 ME 110PIS-06-606
8/14/07STATE OF MAINE v. WINSLOW R. NEWBERT JR.
2007 ME 109 WAS-06-710
8/14/07MARIE E. ROBERTS v. EDWIN F. ROBERTS JR.
2007 ME 108PEN-06-611
8/14/07STEVEN ALEXANDER v. PHILIP MITCHELL
2007 ME 107SAG-06-389
8/14/07STATE OF MAINE v. CHRISTOPHER NELSON BILYNSKY
2007 ME 106 PEN-06-675
8/9/07PATRICK ALEXANDRE v. STATE OF MAINE
2007 ME 105YOR-06-732
8/9/07RONALD L. PEAKER v. CITY OF BIDDEFORD
2007 ME 104HAN-06-231
8/9/07, revised 2/26/08CARLA HALL v. PATRIOT MUTUAL INSURANCE Co. et al.
2007 ME 103WCB-06-431
8/7/07JEANNE NICHOLS v. S.D. WARREN/SAPPI et al.
2007 ME 102KEN-06-531
8/7/07SAVE OUR SEBASTICOOK, INC., et al. v. BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
2007 ME 101KEN-06-498
8/2/07JAMES P. MASON et al. v. CITY OF AUGUSTA et al.




July 2007
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2007 ME 100WCB-06-97
7/31/07PATRICIA MONAGHAN v. JORDAN'S MEATS et al.
2007 ME 99CUM-06-482
7/31/07KIM SMALL et al. v. DURANGO PARTNERS, LLC, et al.
2007 ME 98CUM-06-462
7/31/07KATHLEEN LUND v. HARVEY LUND
2007 ME 97KEN-06-365
7/26/07FPL ENERGY MAINE HYDRO LLC v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
2007 ME 96CUM-06-396
7/26/07FOREMOST INSURANCE COMPNAY v. ROBERT LEVESQUE et al.
2007 ME 95ARO-06-433
7/26/07ARNOLD B. POTTER JR. v. HOLLY J. POTTER
2007 ME 94WCB-06-167
7/24/07TINA M. HIGGINS v. H.P. HOOD, INC. et al.
2007 ME 93OXF-06-534
7/24/07STEPHEN GRISWOLD v. TOWN OF DENMARK et al. and NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA INC. v. TOWN OF FRYEBURG et al.
2007 ME 92KEN-06-552
7/24/07RYAN L. MADORE v. KENNEBEC HEIGHTS COUNTRY CLUB
2007 ME 91Han-06-613
7/19/07STATE OF MAINE v. DONNA M. JUST
2007 ME 90KEN-06-665
7/17/07STATE OF MAINE et al. v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC. et al.
2007 ME 89PEN-06-380
7/17/07DANIEL E. BROWN JR. v. FAITH M. BROWN
2007 ME 88ARO-06-494
7/12/07STATE OF MAINE v. FREDERICK B. FELCH
2007 ME 87AND-06-591
7/12/07STATE OF MAINE v. FRANK J. DION
2007 ME 86SOM-05-307 and CUM-06-102
7/12/07STEPHEN CARMICHAEL v. STATE OF MAINE and EVERETT M. ASHBY v. STATE OF MAINE
2007 ME 85SAG-06-430
7/10/07GREGORY G. GENSHEIMER et al. v. TOWN OF PHIPPSBURG
2007 ME 84AND-06-114
7/10/07STATE OF MAINE v. ROGER G. KEENE
2007 ME 83FRA-06-586
7/10/07KATHLEEN BENHAM v. MORTON and FURBISH AGENCY et al.
2007 ME 82PEN-06-100
7/5/07ALAN P. HESS v. RHONDA M. HESS
2007 ME 81CUM-06-245
7/5/07NORTH SEBAGO SHORES, LLC at al. v. BARRY T. MAZZAGLIA, TRUSTEE OF THE MAZZAGLIA FAMILY TRUST
2007 ME 80CUM-06-511
7/5/07SHAUN P. LIBBY v. STATE OF MAINE
2007 ME 79ARO-06-421
7/5/07STATE OF MAINE v. MARTIN MAYNARD




June 2007
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2007 ME 78KNO-06-379
6/28/07TIM DOWLING et al. v. RICHARD SALEWSKI
2007 ME 77CUM-06-549
6/28/07STATE OF MAINE v. HAMZA HASSAN
2007 ME 76YOR-06-724
6/26/07LISA COMEAU et al. v. TOWN OF KITTERY
2007 ME 75KEN-06-684
6/26/07MAROON FLOORING, INC. v. DAVID A. AUSTIN
2007 ME 74PEN-06-652
6/21/07TOWN OF EDDINGTON v. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FOUNDATION
2007 ME 73PEN-06-382
6/19/07SARAH OPPENHEIM v. DEREK HUTCHINSON
2007 ME 72HAN-06-356
6/7/07JAMES EDWARD SMITH et al. v. CATHERINE HAWTHORNE, M.D.
2007 ME 71YOR-06-627922 A.2d 1197 6/7/07IN RE THOMAS et al.



May 2007
DecisionDocketA.2d CiteDateCase Name
2007 ME 70KEN-05-552923 A.2d 914 5/31/07MAINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION v. MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2007 ME 69CUM-06-519923 A.2d 918 5/31/07MAINE ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS et al. v. SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE et al.
2007 ME 68WAS-06-316
5/29/07TRI-TOWN MARINE, INC. v. J.C. MILLIKEN AGENCY, INC.
2007 ME 67SOM-06-554922 A.2d 484 5/29/07LINDA RODRIGUEZ v. TOWN OF MOOSE RIVER et al.
2007 ME 66ARO-06-154922 A.2d 479 5/24/07STATE OF MAINE v. GARY P. McNALLY
2007 ME 65SAG-06-440923 A.2d 908 5/22/07NADINE G. HURLEY v. JOHN P. HURLEY JR.
2007 ME 64WCB-06-3921 A.2d 163 5/22/07ROLAND TROTTIER v. THOMAS MESSER BUILDERS et al.
2007 ME 63PEN-06-414
5/22/07CORINNE S. LEARY v. JOSEPH W. LEARY
2007 ME 62KEN-06-503922 A.2d 465 5/22/07DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION v. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAINE REVENUE SERVICES
2007 ME 61PEN-06-354924 A.2d 306 5/17/07CLAUDIA LOWD v. ANTONIOS N. DIMOULAS
2007 ME 60CUM-06-413
5/17/07DIANN SANBORN et al. v. TOWN OF SEBAGO et al.
2007 ME 59KNO-06-574921 A.2d 153 5/15/07ALLISON W. GUTIERREZ v. MANUEL P. GUTIERREZ
2007 ME 58WAS-06-522921 A.2d 159 5/15/07STATE OF MAINE v. JOHN T. BUCHANAN JR.
2007 ME 57HAN-06-26920 A.2d 452 5/3/07STATE OF MAINE v. TIMOTHY A. NADEAU
2007 ME 56SOM-06-181920 A.2d 1044 5/1/07JOHN MacDOWALL v. MMG INSURANCE COMPANY



April 2007
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2007 ME 55YOR-06-18
4/26/07JOHN M. STEVENSON et al. v. TOWN OF KENNEBUNK
2007 ME 54WCB-06-67922 A.2d 474 4/24/07JOHN SPEAR v. TOWN OF WELLS et al.
2007 ME 53AND-06-357922 A.2d 1200 4/19/07DAVID A. DALPHONSE et al. v. ST. LAURENT and SONS, INC.
2007 ME 52HAN-06-370919 A2d 1174 4/17/07SYLVIA M. MacPHERSON v. ESTATE OF JOHN W. MacPHERSON
2007 ME 51KEN-06-481918 A.2d 436 4/10/07JOHN DAVID WATERHOUSE v. WILLIAM KELLEHER
2007 ME 50AND-06-74918 A.2d 1203 4/10/07JEFFREY MERRILL et al. v. TOWN OF DURHAM
2007 ME 49ARO-06-420918 A.2d 1207 4/10/07STATE OF MAINE v. JASON E. GORNEAULT
2007 ME 48KNO-06-428919 A.2d 626 4/3/07CHRISTOPHER L. HALCO v. DANIEL G. DAVEY et al.



March 2007
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2007 ME 47KNO-06-331918 A.2d 1214 3/30/07CHARLOTTE HOLLENBERG v. TOWN OF UNION et al.
2007 ME 46YOR-06-25918 A.2d 1210 3/27/07CHANDRA D. PILLSBURY v. DAVID M. PILLSBURY
2007 ME 45PUC-06-537917 A.2d 697 3/22/07QUILAND, INC. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
2007 ME 44PEN-06-228917 A.2d 127 3/22/07STATE OF MAINE v. JOSEPH J. NUGENT
2007 ME 43AND-06-590917 A.2d 1120 3/20/07IN RE AMANDA H. et al.
2007 ME 42CUM-06-287916 A.2d 952 3/2/07STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY v. ANGEL C. HALEY et al.
2007 ME 41SRP-05-422916 A.2d 210 3/2/07STATE OF MAINE v. EUGENE V. DOWNS JR.
2007 ME 40KEN-05-658916 A.2d 204 3/1/07REBECCA BEANE et al. v. MAINE INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
2007 ME 39AND-06-332916 A.2d 945 3/1/07CHRISTINA C. CAROLAN v. DAVID A. BELL
2007 ME 38YOR-06-242916 A.2d 941 3/1/07NICHOLE CATES v. WILLIAM J. DONAHUE SR.
2007 ME 37YOR -06-281916 A.2d 202 3/1/07VICKY F. MORIN v. MICHAEL V. LUNDRIGAN
2007 ME 36KEN-05-467921 A.2d 146 3/1/07UAH-HYDRO KENNEBEC, L.P. v. TOWN OF WINSLOW
2007 ME 35JUD-05-1916 A.2d 200 3/1/07IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT M.A. NADEAU
2007 ME 34KEN-06-304917 A.2d 123 3/1/07ARROW FASTENER CO., INC. v. WRABACON, INC.



February 2007
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2007 ME 33AND-06-324916 A.2d 977 2/27/07STATE OF MAINE v. RAYMOND SAMSON
2007 ME 32WAL-06-70915 A.2d 966 2/22/07LAWRENCE D. ROOP et al. v. CITY OF BELFAST
2007 ME 31PEN-06-241916 A.2d 973 2/20/07LANE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION v. TOWN OF WASHINGTON et al.
2007 ME 30CUM-06-303916 A.2d 231 2/20/07STATE OF MAINE v. JEFFREY A. CANNELL
2007 ME 29CUM-06-215918 A.2d 436 2/13/07BRENDA F. KENISTON v. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
2007 ME 28ARO-06-278916 A.2d 967 2/8/07PAUL A. CYR v. MADAWASKA SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
2007 ME 27SOM-06-308916 A.2d 228 2/8/07BETH YODER v. TIMOTHY YODER
2007 ME 26KEN-06-146916 A.2d 957 2/6/07STATE OF MAINE v. PAYSON W. SNOW JR.
2007 ME 25PEN-06-315916 A.2d 223 2/6/07CONSERVATORSHIP OF ANTHONY D. G. JR.
2007 ME 24SOM-06-402916 A.2d 225 2/6/07IN RE MARCUS S. et al.
2007 ME 23SAG-06-203916 A.2d 961 2/6/07STATE OF MAINE v. MICHAEL T. MARTIN
2007 ME 22KEN-06-54919 A.2d 619 2/1/07YIM K. CHEUNG v. WING KI WU et al.



January 2007
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2007 ME 21JUD-05-01916 A.2d 200 1/30/07IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT M.A. NADEAU
2007 ME 20AND-06-46915 A.2d 421 1/30/07STATE OF MAINE v. BRANDON THONGSAVANH
2007 ME 19YOR-05-336914 A.2d 723 1/30/07STATE OF MAINE v. PENNY A. BLACK
2007 ME 18CUM-06-200913 A.2d 1287 1/30/07STATE OF MAINE v. DENNIS R. HAMEL
2007 ME 17PEN-06-151914 A.2d 1116 1/30/07DEBORAH J. BATCHELDER v. REALTY RESOURCES HOSPITALITY, LLC, et al.
2007 ME 16WAS-06-184915 A.2d 412 1/23/07PAMELA FRANCIS v. COLLEEN DANA-CUMMINGS et al.
2007 ME 15PEN-06-124915 A.2d 418 1/23/07ESTATE OF WILLIAM L. COX v. EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER et al.
2007 ME 14HAN-05-688915 A.2d 409 1/18/07ARTHUR B. JACOBS v. LISA J. JACOBS
2007 ME 13CUM-06-182912 A.2d 1255 1/16/07TERRY B. BRUESEWITZ v. MAC C. GRANT
2007 ME 12ARO-05-176915 A.2d 400 1/16/07HERSCHEL CURRIE v. INDUSTRIAL SECURITY, INC. et al.
2007 ME 11YOR-06-246912 A.2d 1252 1/16/07CLEARWATER ARTESIAN WELL CO., INC. v. CLAUDIA LsGRANDEUR
2007 ME 10AND-06-189912 A.2d 1250 1/11/07CRAIG O. JIPSON v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
2007 ME 9WCB-06-1912 A.2d 1244 1/1/07FRANK JULIANO v. AMERI-CANA TRANSPORT et al.
2007 ME 8WAL-05-646913 A.2d 614 1/11/07GUARDIANSHIP OF AUTUMN S. et al.
2007 ME 7HAN-06-197914 A.2d 1112 1/9/07DENNIS BRACALE v. HAROLD C. GIBBS et al.
2007 ME 6KNO-06-23912 A.2d 578 1/9/07ADOPTION OF PATRICIA A. SPADO
2007 ME 5KEN-05-700912 A.2d 1229 1/9/07STATE OF MAINE v. DWAYNE B. STEVENS
2007 ME 4HAN-06-118912 A.2d 583 1/9/07STATE OF MAINE v. HARLAND S. MASKER
2007 ME 3PEN-06-199912 A.2d 1237 1/9/07JORDAN I. KOBRITZ v. ELLEN L. SEVERANCE
2007 ME 2CUM-06-526912 A.2d 1224 1/4/07STATE OF MAINE v. LOI NGO
2007 ME 1YOR-05-276914 A.2d 709 1/2/07LINNEA J. MARAVELL v. R.J. GRONDIN and SONS et al.





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