RUSSELL v. ACCURATE ABATEMENT, INC.


694 A.2d 921 (1997)

1997 ME 98

Deborah RUSSELL v. ACCURATE ABATEMENT, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Wade (orally), Skelton, Taintor & Abbott, Auburn, for plaintiff.

William A. Fogel (orally), Daniel G. Lilley Law Offices, P.A., Portland, for defendant.


RUDMAN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Deborah Russell appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Saufley, J.) following a jury verdict in her favor. Russell contends that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury that a violation on the part of Accurate Abatement, Inc. (Accurate) of an applicable building code may be considered by the jury as evidence of Accurate's negligence. We agree and vacate the judgment.

[¶ 2...

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