Legal Opinion

Hawkins v. Gilbo

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 27, 1995Published

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

William Gilbo appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Brennan, J.) in favor of his former wife Nancy Hawkins on her claim that William breached a settlement agreement by failing to pay for the college educations of their two children. William argues that the court erred by (1) not dismissing the suit for failure to join their son Keith who, as a third-party donee beneficiary of the contract, was an indispensable party; (2) awarding damages to Nancy who was only a promisee of the contract; and (3) awarding an excess amount of damages. We…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. FO Bailey Co., Inc. v. Ledgewood, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
  2. Mitchell v. Combank/Winter ParkDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  3. Peterson v. LeonardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993

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