Maynard v. Commissioner of Corrections

CLIFFORD, Justice.

This is an action arising out of the murder of Jessica Lea Briggs who, while a resident of the Maine Youth Center, was killed alter she left its premises without permission. 1 The plaintiffs, Kathleen A. Maynard and Howard L. Briggs, Jessica’s - parents, appeal from the entry of an order in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Lipez, J.) granting defendants 2 relief from a default judgment, and from the summary judgment entered (Bradford, J.) in favor of the defendants. Contrary to the plaintiffs’ contentions that the court abused its discretion in granting the motion for…