Law enforcement officials don’t have to show what specifically distracted a driver before a fatal chain-reaction crash, the state supreme court ruled, providing important guidance to law enforcement at a time when distracted drivers are a major concern. The Maine …
In Harlor v. Amica Mut. Ins. Co., 2016 ME 161, 150 A.3d. 798 (2016), the court held that when an insurance company breaches its duty to defend, the insurer has the burden of allocating settlements reached by its insured and …
About 600,000 so-called “smart meters” installed in homes and businesses by Central Maine Power pose no credible threat to health and safety, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court concluded that smart meter critics wanted an …
Generally there is a split among the jurisdictions as to whether negligent misrepresentation generally constitutes an “occurrence.” Steven Plitt and Jordan R. Plitt, Practical Tools for Handling Insurance Cases, § 13:2(B)(4), pp. 13-28 through 13-30 (Thomson Reuters) (2011 and 2013 …