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STEARNS v. EMERY-WATERHOUSE CO.

596 A.2d 72 (1991)

Timothy B. STEARNS v. EMERY-WATERHOUSE CO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Winger (orally), Herbert H. Bennett & Associates, P.A., Portland, for plaintiff.

Robert J. Piampiano (orally), William McKinley, Richardson & Troubh, Portland, for defendant.

Before ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and BRODY, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Emery-Waterhouse Co. appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Lipez, J.) awarding damages to Timothy B. Stearns for breach of an oral contract to employ Stearns for a definite term greater than one year. The court held Emery-Waterhouse estopped to assert its defense under the statute of frauds, 33 M.R.S.A. § 51(5)(1988), by the extent of Stearns's detrimental reliance on the oral contract. Because Stearns did...

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