CAMERON v. PEPIN


610 A.2d 279 (1992)

Constance L. CAMERON, et al. v. Eugene R. PEPIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Macri (orally), Berman & Simmons, Lewiston, for plaintiffs.

Robert B. Hoy (orally), Platz & Thompson, Lewiston, for defendant.

Gerald F. Petrucelli, James B. Haddow, Petrucelli & Martin, and Christopher C. Taintor, Norman, Hanson & Detroy, Portland, for amicus curiae, Maine Medical Center.

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


ROBERTS, Justice.

Defendant Eugene R. Pepin appeals a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) after a jury-waived trial. Pepin argues that the court erred in finding him liable for the plaintiffs' claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED).1 We agree and vacate the judgment.

In June 1988 Pepin was involved in an automobile accident in Auburn with...

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