Searle v. Town of Bucksport

3 A.3d 390 (2010)

2010 ME 89

John W. SEARLE

v.

TOWN OF BUCKSPORT et al.

Docket: Kno-09-319

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Argued: October 28, 2009.

Decided: August 31, 2010.

Steven D. Silin, Esq., Robert H. Furbish, Esq. (orally), Berman & Simmons, Lewiston, ME, for John W. Searle.

Melissa A. Hewey, Esq., Jonathan M. Goodman, Esq. (orally), Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Portland, ME, for the Town of Bucksport.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and LEVY, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.

Dissent: ALEXANDER, SILVER, and JABAR, JJ.

MEAD, J.

[¶ 1] John…