Legal Opinion
Siegemund v. Shapland
District Court, D. Maine
Decided February 26, 2004No. CIV.01-277-P-HPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON THE DEFENDANTS IRA NAGEL’S AND GREENBAUM, NA-GEL, FISHER & HAMELBURG’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HORNBY, District Judge.
The issue on this motion for summary judgment is whether Maine’s statute of limitations has been tolled on charges against the guardian of a ward who died nine years before this lawsuit was filed. I conclude that the statute has run and the claims are barred.
Background
From 1987 to 1993, Joan Siegemund challenged the activities of two probate court-appointed guardians 1 of her aged mother, Dr. Rose Winston. In the probate courts of both Maine and Massachusetts,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Warren B. Sheinkopf v. John K.P. Stone Iii, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Harkness v. FitzgeraldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
- Patten v. MilamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Brawn v. Oral Surgery AssociatesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
- Willey v. BrownSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Angell v. HALLEESupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012