Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. Bahmueller
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 8, 1991PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
The plaintiff, Anne Marie Hewitt, appeals and defendants Nancy Bahmueller and Diane Bennekamper (the “nonsettling defendants”) cross-appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County, Lipez, J.) awarding Hewitt zero dollars on her negligence action against the nonset-tling defendants. After a jury verdict for Hewitt in the amount of $180,000, the court pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 163 (1980) reduced the verdict by the amount of Hewitt’s pretrial settlements with Charles Bah-mueller and Mobile Travelers, Inc., the value of which exceeded $180,000. We affirm the…
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