Bourgeois v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.

[¶ 1] Plaintiff Richard Bourgeois appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Marden, J.) in favor of defendants, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation (Great Northern) and Colwell Construction Company (Colwell). Bourgeois brought an action for negligent infliction of emotional distress, and the court ruled that the defendants had no legal duty to protect him. Bourgeois asks us to overturn our decision in Michaud v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp., 1998 ME 213, 715 A.2d 955, and find that the defendants owed him a duty of care as a rescuer. Alternatively,…