Dickinson v. Town of Houlton

DANA, Justice.

Helena Dickinson appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, J.) dismissing her suit on the basis that 23 M.R.S.A. § 36581 (1992) grants immunity to the Town of Houlton for her damages resulting from a fall on an icy sidewalk. Dickinson contends that pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 8116 (Supp. 1994) the Town’s purchase of liability insurance acts as a waiver of that immunity. We affirm the judgment.

In March of 1992 Dickinson slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk in Houlton. She *177maintains that the Town negligently allowed snow and ice to…