Legal Opinion
Martel v. Inhabitants of Town of Old Orchard
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 10, 1979PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
On July 5, 1978, the Plaintiff, Gertrude M. Martel, a resident of Androscoggin County, commenced in Superior Court in that county an action against the Defendant, the Inhabitants of the Town of Old Orchard Beach, seeking damages for personal injuries which she sustained almost one year earlier on July 10, 1977 when she tripped over the metal base of a parking meter which projected above the surface of a sidewalk. She alleged her injuries were caused by the negligence of the Defendant Town in its maintaining this sidewalk.
Upon the motion of the Defendant Town, on September 19,…
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- Salay v. BraunSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- In Re Spring Valley DevelopmentSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Mobil Tankers Co. v. Mene Grande Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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