DONGO v. BANKS


448 A.2d 885 (1982)

James R. DONGO, et al. v. James A. BANKS, et al. v. J. I. HOLCOMB MFG. CO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reef & Moores, P. A., William B. Jordan (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Hunt, Thompson & Bowie, James M. Bowie (orally), M. Roberts Hunt, Frank W. DeLong, III, Portland, for J. I. Holcomb.

Richardson, Tyler & Troubh, Kevin M. Gillis (orally), Portland, for Bankses.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This complex products liability case has been twice tried to a jury in Superior Court (Cumberland County), the presiding justice having declared a mistrial after the return of the jury's verdict in the first trial.1 Defendant J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. (hereinafter "Holcomb"), the manufacturer of the product that caused plaintiffs' injuries, brings the present appeal from the judgment entered after the second trial...

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