Legal Opinion
Diviney v. University of Maine System
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 28, 2017No. Docket: Ken-16-274PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ALEXANDER, J,
[¶ 1] Aleshia D. Diviney appeals from the grant of summary judgment for the University of Maine System (UMS) by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Mullen, J.). The court concluded that Divi-ney’s tort claim was time barred by the Maine Tort Claims Act, because it was not filed within the statutory 180-day filing period pursuant to 14 M.R.S. § 8107 (2016), and that the statutory “good cause” justification for the delay in filing could not be demonstrated.
[¶ 2] On appeal, Diviney argues that the court erred (1) because the issue of good cause presented a disputed material fact…
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