DOUCETTE v. CITY OF LEWISTON


697 A.2d 1292 (1997)

1997 ME 157

Anita DOUCETTE v. CITY OF LEWISTON et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Nichols Ferguson (orally), Fales & Fales, P.A., Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Edward R. Benjamin, Jr. (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios, LLC, Portland, for defendant City of Lewiston.

Martha C. Gaythwaite (orally), Friedman & Babcock, Portland, for defendant Terry Thomas.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and LIPEZ, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Anita Doucette appeals from the summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) in favor of the defendants, the City of Lewiston and Terry Thomas, a dispatcher with the Lewiston Police Department. Doucette's complaint alleges Thomas failed to follow standard procedures in her capacity as a police dispatcher, which resulted in the death of John Doucette, Anita's husband. She argues the court erred...

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