Legal Opinion

Trusiani v. Cumberland & York Distributors, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 24, 1988PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Cumberland and York Distributors, Inc., appeals from a judgment entered by the Superior Court (Cumberland County) upon a jury verdict for the Plaintiffs, Paul Trusiani and John and Henrietta Marino, on a common law negligence count. *260On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred as a matter of law in determining that it owed a duty to the Plaintiffs to exercise reasonable care in preventing an employee who had consumed self-supplied liquor at a company Christmas Party, but was not visibly intoxicated, from operating his motor vehicle. The…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Donohue v. Copiague Union Free School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  2. Dula McCarty v. Pheasant Run, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  3. Dongo v. BanksSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
  4. Bence v. Crawford Savings & Loan Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Nabors Drilling, U.S.A., Inc. v. EscotoTexas Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Bryan R. v. Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
  3. Cameron v. PepinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
  4. Binette v. Dyer Library Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
  5. Fortin v. Roman Catholic Bishop of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005

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