Flynn Construction Co. v. Poulin

GLASSMAN, Justice.

By his appeal, Armel Poulin challenges the judgment entered on a jury verdict (Cumberland County, Silsby, J.) awarding Flynn Construction Co., Inc. (Flynn), a Maine corporation, $15,000 as damages for the cost of a replacement for its employee Robert Batchelder, who was negligently injured by Poulin. Poulin also challenges the award of $1,282 to Flynn for the rental cost of a vehicle to replace Flynn’s truck while the damage to it caused by Poulin was being repaired. We hold that Flynn cannot recover from Poulin the amount paid by it to Batchelder’s replacement. We also hold…