PALMER DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. GORDON


723 A.2d 881 (1999)

1999 ME 22

PALMER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. Stephen F. GORDON et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Wade (orally), James E. Belleau, Skelton, Taintor & Abbott, P.A., Auburn, for plaintiff.

Jeffrey T. Edwards (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLC, Portland, (for Ronald Caron and Caron & Sullivan), Christopher T. Taintor (orally), Theodore H. Kirchner, Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, (for Stephen Gordon, Peter Haley, and Gordon & Wise), Bernard J. Kubetz, Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague, P.A., Bangor, (for Penobscot Indian Nation), for defendants.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.


CALKINS, J.

[¶ 1] Palmer Development Corporation appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) granting a motion to dismiss its claim for wrongful use of civil proceedings on the grounds that a successful statute of limitations defense is not a favorable termination. We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] Penobscot Indian Nation (PIN), originally a defendant in this action, brought a suit in federal court against several...

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