Bezanson ex rel. Medomak Canning Co. v. Metropolitan Insurance & Annuity Co.

This is a hard case — hard in the sense that the law, when faithfully applied to the facts as supportably found below, requires us to grant relief to a groak-like plaintiff who scarcely seems deserving of it. But, because the court’s result-oriented response to this pleasureless predicament makes a bad situation worse, I dissent.

I see no need for a lengthy exegesis. This is a diversity case — and if I am correct in my belief that state law has been wrenched into unfamiliar contours, then the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will likely have (or find) an opportunity to set matters straight before…