Fuller v. State

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant, the State of Maine, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Kennebec County, denying its motion for relief from judgment pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(5).

In February 1982, Donna Fuller, the plaintiff, suffered serious personal injury when the car in which she was a passenger collided head-on with a car owned by the State of Maine and driven by a state employee. The plaintiff brought suit against both Karine Downs, the driver of the car in which she was riding, and the State. In September 1983, the State made an offer to allow judgment to be taken against…