Legal Opinion

Employee Staffing of America, Inc. v. Travelers Insurance Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided April 18, 1996PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANA, Justice.

Employee Staffing of America, Inc. (Staffing) appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) dismissing its complaint with prejudice and entering a default judgment in favor of Travelers Insurance Company on its counterclaim as a sanction for Staffing’s failure to comply with a court order compelling discovery. Staffing contends that the court abused its discretion. We affirm the judgment.

In October 1992 Staffing commenced an action claiming Travelers’ had breached its obligations under a workers’ compensation policy issued by Travelers to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Reeves v. Travelers Insurance CompaniesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  2. Spickler v. YorkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
  3. Butler v. PoulinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  4. Colony Cadillac & Oldsmobile, Inc. v. YerdonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
  5. Pelletier v. PathirajaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Baker's Table, Inc. v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  2. Harris v. SoleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  3. Bean v. CummingsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
  4. Longley v. KnappSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  5. In Re Estate of McCormickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001

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