NOEL v. TOWN OF OGUNQUIT


555 A.2d 1054 (1989)

Josee D. NOEL v. TOWN OF OGUNQUIT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Stier, Jr. (orally), Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, for plaintiff.

Geoffrey K. Cummings (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, for defendant.

Before ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

The defendant, Town of Ogunquit (the "Town"), appeals from a judgment entered against it in Superior Court (York County; Fritzsche, J.) following a jury trial. We reject the Town's assertion that the recreational land use statute, 14 M.R.S.A. § 159-A (1980 & Supp.1988) applies to recreational activities conducted on a public beach owned by the Town and serves to bar this action. We affirm the judgment.

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