PORTLAND (AP) — Portland and Westbrook will join a municipal group to challenge Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s administration’s policy banning some immigrants from receiving welfare. The cities say they will take part in lawsuit the Maine Municipal Association plans to file over the directive that immigrants who can’t prove that they’re in the country legally […]
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Judge hears motions in Bangor stun gun death case
BANGOR (AP) — A federal judge has heard arguments from defendants in a lawsuit brought by the father of a man who died days after Bangor police used a stun gun on him. Lawyers for Bangor police and six officers asked the judge in U.S. District Court in Bangor on Tuesday to dismiss some portions […]
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Court decisions allow Delaware couple’s lawsuit against Sugarloaf to proceed
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice has ruled that the majority of a lawsuit filed by a Delaware couple in connection to three family members who were seriously injured when a chairlift broke at Sugarloaf in 2010 can move forward. Justice Nancy Mills dismissed a counterclaim May 29 that was filed by corporations linked to […]
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Old Orchard Beach settles lawsuit brought by ex-town manager
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — An out-of-court settlement has been reached in a wrongful termination lawsuit brought against Old Orchard Beach by its former town manager. At a special town council meeting this week, councilors voted to give final approval to an agreement reached weeks ago at a mediation session. Terms of the deal remain […]
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Former CDC official must give up medical info in whistle-blower suit
AUGUSTA — A former Maine Center for Disease Control division director who has filed a federal whistle-blower lawsuit against the Maine Department of Health and Human Services must hand over more than three years worth of her diaries, medical records and mental health records, as well as the names of any doctor or mental health […]
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Oakland man sues over injuries from starting gate at Windsor Fair
AUGUSTA (AP) — An Oakland man injured by a malfunctioning starting gate during a harness race at the Windsor Fairgrounds in 2010 has filed a lawsuit after efforts to reach an out-of-court settlement failed. Christopher Charrier filed suit last week in Kennebec County Superior Court. The suit said the 43-year-old Charrier was one of five […]
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Subcontractor for Kennebec Valley natural gas pipeline sues
AUGUSTA (AP) — Another federal lawsuit has been filed in connection with the installation of a natural gas pipeline in the Kennebec Valley. A subcontractor hired to install the pipeline for the $350 million Summit Natural Gas Inc. project is suing the contractor as well as an insurance company. Ursa Major Underground Inc. is suing […]
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Maine pays lawyers $300 to $333 per hour to defend CDC officials in whistle-blower case
AUGUSTA — The private attorneys hired by the state to defend the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention from a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee are being paid $300 per hour. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills has authorized the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to spend up to $50,000 […]
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Farmington denies allegations in wrongful death lawsuit
FARMINGTON (AP) — The town has filed its response to a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the fatal police shooting of a U.S. Army veteran. Authorities say 28-year-old Justin Crowley-Smilek was fatally shot outside Town Hall in November 2011 after threatening an officer with a knife. Crowley-Smilek had served in Afghanistan. His parents, in a […]
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Aroostook farmers win $1.1M in suit against lawyer
PORTLAND (AP) — A jury has awarded $1.1 million to the owners of an Aroostook County potato seed farm who claimed in a lawsuit that their defense lawyer failed to properly represent them in a previous case. The jury ruled for Vaughn and Mary Sleeper of Island Falls last week after a five-day trial in […]