NORTON v. HALL


834 A.2d 928 (2003)

2003 ME 118

Michelle NORTON et al. v. Deborah HALL et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: September 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha C. Gaythwaite, Esq. (orally), Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf & Leavitt, Portland, for plaintiffs.

Peter T. Marchesi, Esq. (orally), Wheeler & Arey, P.A., Waterville, for Deborah Hall.

John J. Wall III, Esq. (orally), Monaghan & Leahy, LLP, Portland, for Cumberland County.

Dissent: DANA, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.


CLIFFORD, J.

[¶ 1] Michelle Norton and John Norton appeal from the summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Humphrey, J.) in favor of defendants Deborah Hall, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department, and Cumberland County. The court concluded that the Nortons' suit is barred by the discretionary function immunity provisions of the Maine Tort Claims Act, 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 8101...

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