Gloria Carignan v. Paul R. Dumas Jr.

[¶ 1] Paul R. Dumas Jr. appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Oxford County, Clifford, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of Gloria Carignan and denying Dumas’s motion for summary judgment. Dumas contends that the court erred by interpreting a provision of the Paper Streets Act, 23 M.R.S. § 3031 (2016), to apply retrospectively. We agree, and therefore vacate the court’s entry of summary judgment for Carignan and its denial of summary judgment for Dumas, and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶2] The summary judgment record contains the following facts. Brady v.…