Legal Opinion
Bernier v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 15, 1986PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOLNIK, Justice.
The United States District Court for the District of Maine has certified to this court the following questions of Maine law pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A. § 57 (Supp. 1985-1986) and Rule 76B of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure:(1) Whether evidence of the state-of-the-art is admissible in an action based on 14 M.R.S.A. § 221 when the product defect alleged is a failure to warn;(2) whether damages allowed under Maine’s Wrongful Death Act are recoverable in an action based on 14 M.R.S.A. § 221; and(3) whether 14 M.R.S.A. § 221 may be applied where all inhalation of the asbestos dust…
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