Legal Opinion

Potvin v. Seven Elms, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 6, 1993PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

Seven Elms, Inc., appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Dela-hanty, C.J.) awarding damages to Susan Potvin on her claim for a breach of contract. Because we conclude that the court neither erred in excluding evidence of Pot-vin’s receipt of unemployment compensation benefits nor in refusing to amend the judgment to reduce the damage award by the amount of unemployment compensation she had received, we affirm the judgment.

In 1988 Susan Potvin and Seven Elms, Inc., entered into an employment contract whereby Potvin agreed…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Powell v. WYOMING CABLEVISION. INC.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Dehnart v. Waukesha Brewing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Werner v. LaneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. Hall v. Hotel L'Europe, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
  5. Theriault v. SwanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. St. Francis De Sales Federal Credit Union v. Sun Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
  2. Harden v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1993
  3. Hoitt v. HallSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  4. Webber v. International Paper Co.District Court, D. Maine · 2004
  5. Hoitt v. HallSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995

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