Dyer v. Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc.

Majority: LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

Concurrence/Dissenting: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, J.

Concurrence/Dissenting: SAUFLEY, C.J.

SILVER, J.

[¶ 1] Vera E., Paul, and Robert Dyer appeal from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Waldo County, Hjelm, J.) in favor of Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc. (Maine Drilling). The Dyers argue that: (1) we should follow the weight of authority and adopt a common law rule of strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities; (2) the trial court erred in concluding that the Dyers failed to generate a genuine issue of material fact…