BOUDREAU v. SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS INC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE JEFFREY BOUDREAU, AS ) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ) ESTATE OF WENDY BOUDREAU, ) ) PLAINTIFF ) CIVIL NO. 2:17-CV-259-DBH ) V. ) ) SHAW’S SUPERMARKETS, INC., ) ) DEFENDANT ) DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AND DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT A violent grocery store murder in 2015 generated this civil lawsuit. Without provocation, one customer murdered another customer in the store’s ice cream aisle on a summer afternoon. Later that year, the murderer was sentenced to life in prison.1 In 2017, the personal…