· 8/31/1978
Michaud v. Steckino
Citations
- 390 A.2d 524
- 1978 Me. LEXIS 807
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “a mere possibility” of future pain or suffering or some later injury not sufficient to warrant damages
- “It must be presumed that the jurors were influenced in their verdict only by the law as given to them by the trial justice . . .”
- “[I]t is well settled law that damages are not recoverable when uncertain, contingent, or speculative. Damages must be grounded on established positive facts or on evidence from which their existence and amount may be determined to a probability.”
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Judges: Dufresne, Pomer-Oy, Wernick, Weatherbee, Archibald, Delahanty
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