Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1999

The court affirmed summary judgment for the law and accounting firms because the client did not identify admissible expert evidence showing that the alleged negligence caused a more favorable divorce judgment.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Ullring’s conviction, holding that the warrantless search of his home on January 14 was valid because his bail condition authorizing random searches was authorized by the Maine Bail Code and did not violate the Fourth Amendment.

The court affirmed dismissal of the claims against the church and its elders arising from their response to a church member’s prior sexual abuse of a child. It held that the complaint did not plead specific facts supporting a fiduciary relationship, that no general duty required the church to protect members from one…

The court affirmed an arrearage judgment enforcing a divorce judgment that required annual recalculation of child support under the guidelines in effect when the parties entered their settlement agreement.