Emerson v. County Concrete & Construction Co.

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant County Concrete & Construction Company, Inc. (Concrete) appeals from an order entered in the Superior Court (Washington County, Browne, A.R.J.) granting the motion of plaintiff Judith Emerson to approve a writ of attachment of Concrete’s property in the amount of $200,000 pending the disposition of her negligence action against Concrete. We agree with Concrete’s contention that the court employed the wrong standard of proof when it considered Emerson’s motion for attachment, and we vacate the order.

The court in its order dated March 18, 1992 found on the basis…