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LOWERY v. OWEN M. TAYLOR & SONS, INC.

374 A.2d 325 (1977)

Robert LOWERY, Annette Lowery and the City of Bath v. OWEN M. TAYLOR AND SONS, INC., Nicholas S. Sewall d/b/a Small Point Lobster Pound, and Bruce Burr, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Burr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hart & Stinson, P. A. by Ronald W. Lupton, Carl W. Stinson, Ronald A. Hart, Bath, for plaintiffs.

Mahoney & Robinson by M. Roberts Hunt, Lawrence P. Mahoney, Portland, for Owen M. Taylor & Sons, Inc.

Verrill & Dana by John W. Philbrick, Portland, for Nicholas S. Sewall.

Peter W. Culley, Portland, for Bruce Burr.

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

ARCHIBALD, Justice.

Despite a jury finding that plaintiff Robert Lowery's negligence was less than that of the defendant, Owen M. Taylor and Sons, Inc. (Taylor), and despite the fact that the jury reduced the total damages from $182,-000.00 to $127,400.00, a Justice of the Superior Court, on Taylor's motion for judgment n.o.v., determined as a matter of law that plaintiff's negligence was more "blameworthy" than that of the defendant. He granted the motion, judgments...

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