Moody v. Haymarket Associates

[¶ 1] Plaintiff Dan C. Moody appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Kravchuk, C.J.) after a jury verdict in favor of defendants Haymark-et Associates and Sidney Epstein, on his negligence claim. Plaintiff argues that the court abused its discretion in allowing irrelevant and prejudicial evidence of the absence of other accidents. We agree and vacate.

[¶ 2] The facts may be summarized as follows: Plaintiff Dan- C. Moody filed a complaint for injuries sustained when he fell in front of the elevator in the lobby of the Key Plaza office building in downtown…