Legal Opinion
ABT & a CO., INC. v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 8, 1994PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDMAN, Justice.
ABT & A Co., Inc. (the Company) appeals from the entry of a summary judgment in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Pier-son, J.) holding that the State of Maine is not responsible, as a matter of law, for damages to the Company’s property caused by two escapees from a correctional facility. We affirm the judgment.
On September 14,1991, two inmates at the South Windham Correctional Center cut through a fence and escaped from the facility. The Company alleges that two days later the escapees broke into its car rental operation and stole a car, which was never recovered. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Lovejoy v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
- Jensen v. Augusta Mental Health InstituteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
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