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ESTATE OF CUMMINGS v. DAVIE

Docket: Oxf-11-281

40 A.3d 971 (2012)

2012 ME 43

ESTATE OF Kristin CUMMINGS v. James DAVIE et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Dillworth III, Esq. (orally), Dow's Law Office, P.A., Norway, for appellant Estate of Kristin Cummings.

Elizabeth A. Germani, Esq. (orally), Germani Martemucci Riggle & Hill, Portland, for appellees James Davie and Jadzia Davie.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

JABAR, J.

[¶ 1] The Estate of Kristin Cummings (Estate) appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Oxford County, Clifford, J.) in favor of defendants James and Jadzia Davie. The Estate argues that the court erred as a matter of law by declining to extend a duty of care to the Davies, Kristin's parents, to prevent or inhibit Kristin from committing suicide in circumstances where, after becoming despondent and seeking medical help, Kristin...

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