WILLIAMS v. BOISE CASCADE CORP.


507 A.2d 576 (1986)

Laurice and Elizabeth WILLIAMS v. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, P.A., John F. Macri, (orally), John E. Sedgewick, Lewiston, for plaintiffs.

Hunt, Thompson & Bowie, James E. Bowie (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiffs Laurice and Elizabeth Williams appeal from a judgment for defendant Boise Cascade Corporation entered upon a jury verdict in Superior Court (Oxford County). They argue inter alia that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury that defendant had a duty to warn plaintiff Laurice Williams about known or obvious dangers. We agree and we vacate the judgment.

Plaintiff Laurice Williams, a tradesman with a variety of experience...

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