MacARTHUR v. DEAD RIVER COMPANY


312 A.2d 745 (1973)

Carol MacARTHUR v. DEAD RIVER COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stern & Stern by Marshall A. Stern, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Rudman, Rudman & Carter by Gene Carter, Torrey A. Sylvester, Bangor, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK and ARCHIBALD, JJ.


ARCHIBALD, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Carol MacArthur and her two minor children, were seriously burned in a fire which destroyed an apartment house in which they were living in Woodland. The action against the defendants was premised on negligence. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs' case the defendants moved for a directed verdict, which motion was granted. Subsequently the plaintiffs filed a motion for a new trial primarily because a subpoenaed witness failed to...

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