Erskine v. Commissioner of Corrections

ROBERTS, Justice.

Plaintiff Kathryn Erskine appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Saufley, J.) in favor of the defendants 1 on their motion for a summary judgment. She challenges the action of the Superior Court (Lipez, J.) in granting the defendants relief from a default judgment. Erskine also contends that the existence of genuine issues of material fact preclude the granting of a summary judgment. Finding no abuse of discretion or error, we affirm the judgment.

This action arises from an incident in October 1989 at the Maine State Prison in Tho-maston…