Estate of Pinkham v. Cargill, Inc.

[¶ 1] The Estate of Stanley Pinkham (Estate)1 appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Anderson, J.) granting Cargill, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment on the Estate’s complaint. The Estate argues that it provided sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact, thereby rendering summary judgment inappropriate. The Estate further argues that the court erred in concluding that the Estate failed to meet its burden of proof to establish facts from which a fact-finder could infer that Cargill’s boneless turkey product was defective. We agree that summary…