MORIN v. MAINE EDUC. ASS'N

Docket: Ken-09-2.

993 A.2d 1097 (2010)

2010 ME 36

Joan M. MORIN v. MAINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Webbert, Esq. (orally), Elizabeth L.J. Burnett, Esq., Johnson & Webbert, LLP, Augusta, ME, Jonathan S.R. Beal, Esq., Portland, ME, for Maine Education Association.

Walter F. McKee, Esq., James A. Billings, Esq. (orally), Lipman, Katz & McKee, P.A., Augusta, ME, for Joan M. Morin.

Bruce W. Smith, Esq., Melissa A. Hewey, Esq., Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Portland, ME, for amicus curiae, Maine School Management Association.

Dissent: ALEXANDER, J.


GORMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Maine Education Association appeals from an interlocutory order entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Jabar, J.) disqualifying its counsel in connection with an employment discrimination action filed by Joan M. Morin. The Association contends that the court exceeded its discretion in disqualifying both counsel and their law firm. We agree, and vacate the judgment.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2] The Association...

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