Legal Opinion
Coombs v. Russell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 20, 1986PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOLNIK, Justice.
The defendant, Elbridge Russell, appeals from the Superior Court’s (Oxford County) denial of his motion to dissolve an ex parte order approving trustee process against credits in the possession of the Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) *449by the plaintiff, Carol Coombs. The subject of the order for trustee process is the attorneys’ fees that the court ordered GEI-CO to pay Russell as a result of a declaratory judgment in his favor that the insurer is obligated to defend and indemnify Russell in this personal injury action. Because no trustee summons was served, we…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Loyal Erectors, Inc. v. Hamilton & Son, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Holmes v. HilliardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Land Investment, Inc. v. MurphySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
3Cited by2 opinions
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