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PETERS v. SAFT

597 A.2d 50 (1991)

Edward PETERS v. Scott SAFT, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. McArdle (orally), Mark L. Randall, Daniel G. Lilley, P.A., Portland, for plaintiff.

Michael E. Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Peter J. Brann (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for intervenor.

Catherine R. Connors, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, for amicus curiae, Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Jonathan S. Piper, Jill M.P. Allen, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, for amicus curiae, St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

James M. Bowie (orally), Elizabeth G. Knox, Thompson & Bowie, Portland, for defendants Saft and Powell.

Mark G. Lavoie, Margaret Cushing, Norman, Hanson & Detroy, Portland, for defendant Whitmore.

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

WATHEN, Justice.

Defendants Scott Saft, Kershaw Powell, Richard Whitmore, and the State, intervening as a defendant, appeal the decision and order of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) on plaintiff Edward Peters' declaratory judgment action. Defendants challenge the court's determination that the damage cap included in Maine's Liquor Liability Act, 28-A M.R.S.A. §§ 2501-2519 (1988), violates both the state and federal equal protection...

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