Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Frederick's Motor Inn
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 12, 1980PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.
An Aroostook County jury, following a 2-day trial held on May 16 and 17, 1979, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff Doris Jackson against the corporate defendant, Frederick’s Motor Inn (hereinafter referred to as Frederick’s) in the total amount of $25,000.00, which would have been recoverable if the plaintiff had not been at fault, but reduced to the sum of $10,179.00, which the jury thought just and equitable having regard to the plaintiff’s share in the responsibility for the damage, all pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 156 (the Maine Comparative…
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