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MORIN v. E.M. LOEWS THEATRES, INC.

498 A.2d 594 (1985)

Gerard MORIN v. E.M. LOEWS THEATRES, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipman & Parks, P.A., Robert J. Stolt (orally), Barbara L. Raimondi, Sumner H. Lipman, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Hewes, Beals & Douglas, Richard D. Hewes (orally), Stephen C. Whiting, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, William Willard, Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Gerard Morin sued defendant E.M. Loews Theatres, Inc. (Loews) to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained when he was shot at the Loews drive-in theater in Manchester by Gordon Snell, a security guard at the theater. Plaintiff Morin bases his suit on the theory that Loews committed a breach of its duty of care toward theater patrons by hiring Snell as a security guard and by failing to supervise him properly. A jury trial...

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