Legal Opinion
Hart v. Terry L. Hopkins, Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 28, 1991PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
Following the entry of a default against the defendant, Terry L. Hopkins, Inc. (Hopkins), a judgment was entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Brodrick, J.) pursuant to a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff, Steven H. Hart, $250,000 in damages for his claim under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688 (1975), for personal injuries allegedly suffered by Hart while an employee of Hopkins. Hopkins appeals, contending, inter alia, that the Superior Court {Fritzsche, J.) erred in denying Hopkins’s motion to set aside the default entered against it. We agree and vacate the…
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- Porges v. ReidSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Millett v. DumaisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
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