Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1999

Smith v. Town of Jonesboro

Smith v. Town of Jonesboro
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided April 13, 1999 · Alexander, Calkins, Clifford, Dana, Saufley, Wathen
727 A.2d 352; 1999 Me. 55; 1999 Me. LEXIS 56 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Smith v. Town of Jonesboro

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Evelyn Smith appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Washington County, Harden, J.) granting the Town of Jonesboro’s motion for a judgment as a matter of law because the Smiths failed to present expert testimony on whether the Town’s volunteer fire department breached its duty of care when attempting to suppress a fire in the Smiths’ house and whether that breach proximately caused the destruction of the Smiths’ house. Because the Court is evenly divided, we affirm the judgment.

The entry is:

Judgment affirmed.

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