Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1998

The court affirmed the judgment requiring Bell to pay child-support arrearages calculated for the six years preceding service of the paternity notice. It held that the Department's delay did not establish waiver, laches, or equitable estoppel, and that the statutory scheme—not the support guidelines—created any…

The court affirmed summary judgment against Champagne on her emotional-distress, privacy, and battery claims. She was not a direct or bystander victim of the negligence in the mistaken breastfeeding incident, and her evidence did not connect her distress to Hutchins’s alleged failure to inform her; the conduct also…

The court held that David Paffhausen established entitlement to recover in quantum meruit because his renovations were performed with Elizabeth Balano's knowledge and consent under circumstances supporting a reasonable expectation of compensation through use of the building at nominal rent.