Foss v. Maine Turnpike Authority

POMEROY, Justice.

This case comes to us on appeal from the granting of a motion by the defendant to dismiss the complaint in the Superior Court of Cumberland County.

Plaintiffs, whose property abuts the Maine Turnpike in the Town of Gray, allege that the Turnpike Authority’s snow removal operations have resulted in runoffs of salt onto their property over a considerable period of time, resulting in the pollution of plaintiffs’ water supplies, defoliation of their crops, destruction of their plumbing and assorted other damage both to property and person. Additionally, plaintiffs contend that the…