Legal Opinion
Lord v. Murphy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 12, 1989PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
The defendants, Marcia Murphy, Peter Phillips and Helen Hatt, in their individual capacities as social workers employed by the Department of Human Services (DHS), appeal from the order of the Superior Court (Washington County, Smith, J.) denying their motion for a summary judgment based on their claim of immunity to the complaint of plaintiffs, David L. Lord and his three minor children, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). We agree with the defendants that the trial court erred in relying on the doctrine of the law of the case to deny the defendants’ motion and vacate the…
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