HANSON v. MADISON PAPER CO.


564 A.2d 1178 (1989)

Randall HANSON v. MADISON PAPER COMPANY and Raymond Moody.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Nyhan (orally), Craig T. Beling, Jeffrey R. Burns, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, for plaintiff.

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

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


HORNBY, Justice.

In this case we conclude that a jury instruction incorrectly stated the duty of care a business owes an invitee on its premises and that the error was not harmless. We therefore vacate the judgment of the Superior Court (Oxford County, Delahanty, J.) and remand for a new trial.

On October 17, 1983, the plaintiff, Randall Hanson, was delivering pulpwood to Madison Paper Company. While on Company property, he was accidentally pushed from...

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