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Brief for Appellee Superintendent of Insurance, , 22 pgs
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Argues Court must affirm Superior Court's decision because: substantial evidence supported findings; penalties were not an abuse of superintendent's discretion

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 10, §8003 and tit. 24-A, §12-A and tit. 24-A, §1420-A and tit. 24-A, §1420-K and tit. 24-A, §1466 and tit. 24-A, §1467 and tit. 24-A, §2152 and tit. 24-A, §2152-B and tit. 24-A, §2162-A and tit. 24-A, §2164-D and tit. 5, §207

Maine
Reply Brief of Appellant, , 11 pgs
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Argues Court must vacate superintendent's decision because: sufficiency of findings are challenged; core findings lack substantial evidence; penalties' reinstatment is legal error, arbitrary, capricious and abuse of discretion

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, §1252 and tit. 17-A, §108 and tit. 17-A, §1251 and tit. 17-A, §201 and tit. 17-A, §203 and tit. 24-A, §1418(1) and tit. 24-A, §2152 and tit. 5, §11007 and tit. 5, §11007(4)(C )(6) and tit. 5, §11006(4)

Maine
Brief of Appellee Estate of Mary E. Hiller, , 15 pgs
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Argues Court must affirm decision because: appellant failed to show probate court lacked judgment; appellant failed to show probate court adjudicated issues beyond case at hand; appellant failed to show probate court acted inconsistently; appellant failed to show probate court's order void; appellant failed to meet burden of proof for relief

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 4, §251 and tit. 4, §252 and tit. 18-A, §1-302 and tit. 18-A, §3-102, 3-105 and tit. 18-A, §3-703, 3-706, 3-709 and tit. 18-A, 5-914(a), tit. 18-A, 215-916 and tit. 18-A, §5-917 and tit. 18-A, §5-963 and tit. 18-A, §6-104(a) and tit. 18-A, §8-401 and tit. 18, §1555 and Me.R.Prob.P. 12(h)(2) and 52(a), (b), (c ) and 59 and 60(b)

Maine
Brief of Defendant/ Appellant, , 13 pgs
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Argues Court must vacate summary and foreclosure judgments and remand because: factual disputes regarding fair lending, consumer protection, and damages preclude summary judgment; defendant is entitled to trial on equitable defenses; defendant failed to produce admissible evidence for summary judgment in foreclosure actions

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 5, §213 and tit. 9-A, §1-301(17) and tit. 9-A, §8-204(1) and tit. 9-A, §8-204(6), (9) and tit. 9-A, §8-506(4) and tit. 9-A, §9-303 and tit. 9-A, §9-401 and tit. 9-A, §9-405 and tit. 9-A, §9-408 and tit. 9-A, §9-101 and tit. 9-A, §10-102(1)(A) and tit. 14, §6051 and Me.R.Civ.P. 15(a) and 56(h)(1)

Maine
Brief of Appellants, , 13 pgs
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Argues Court must vacate judgment and remand because: no evidence supported personal property transfer was or exceeded 10% of elderly dependent adult's estate; there was no evidence of a confidential relationship; determination on breach of fiduciary damages disregarded bank account records

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 14, §2401(2) and tit. 18-A, §5-914 and tit. 33, §1021 and tit. 33, §1021(1), (5) and tit. 33, §1022(1) and Me.R.Evid. 103(a) and 103(a)(2) and 803(6) and 902(11) and 903(12) and 1006

Maine
Brief of Appellee, , 13 pgs
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Argues Court must affirm judgment because: deed was rescinded pursuant to Improvident Transfers of Title Act; evidence supported undue influence; evidence supported damages assessment for breach of fiduciary duty

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 33, §1021(a)(A&B) and tit. 33, §1021(2), (3), (5) and tit. 33, §1022(1), (2)(A) and Me.R.Evid. 103(a), 803(g)

Maine
Brief for Appellant Kathleen N. Smith, , 21 pgs
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Argues Court must remand because: court awarded inadequate spousal support for long-term brain injury care; court failed to award attorney's and professional fees; court applied inappropriate standard for representation and protection of an adult incapable of making plans or decisions

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 19-A, §951-A(4), (5)(P)(1)

Maine
State's Sentencing Memorandum, , 122 pgs
Sentencing Memoranda

Recommends: 7 year sentence; suspension of all but 2 years sentence; 2 years probation; $81,792 restitution; release of interest in mother's home; no direct or indirect contact with mother (2013)

17-A M.R.S. §1252-C(1), (2), (3) and 17-A M.R.S. §1151

Maine
Brief of Appellant Bankers Life & Casualty Co., , 23 pgs
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Argues Court must reverse superintendent's decision or, in the alternative, remand for untainted proceedings because: basis for liability was unsupported; record lacked substantial evidence of annuity sales violation; proceedings did not comport with due process and fairness requirements

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 5, §11007(4)(C)(4) and tit. 5, §9063(1) and and tit. 24, §12-A(1) and tit. 24-A, §212 and tit. 24-A, §1420-K(1)(H) and tit. 24-A, §1445 and tit. 24-A, §2155 and tit. 24-A, §2517 and me.R.Evid. 404(b)

Maine
Brief of Appellee Superintendent of Insurance, , 23 pgs
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Argues Court must affirm superintendent's decision and order because: substantial evidence in record supported producer could be held accountable and penalized; record supported ten violations of law when annuities were sold; Superior Court found no evidence of bias

Me. Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 5, §11007(4)(C)(4) and tit. 17-A, §451(1) and tit. 24-A, §12-A(1) and tit. 24-A, §216 and tit. 24-A, §216(2) and tit. 24-A, §1402(5) and tit. 24-A, §1420-B and tit. 24-A, §1420-K(1)(H) and tit. 24-A, §1420-M and tit. 24-A, §1445(1), (1)(D) and tit. 24-A, §2155 and tit. 24-A, 2517(3) and Me.R.Civ.P. 80C and 80C(e)

Maine
Reply Brief of Appellant Bankers Life & Casualty Co., , 10 pgs
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Argues Court must reverse superintendent's decision or, in the alternative, remand for untainted proceedings because: findings and penalties were unsupported; no evidence supported ten violations; proceedings did not compote with due process

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 24-A, §2517 and tit. 24-A, §1420-K(1)(H) and tit. 24-A, §1445(1)(D) and tit. 24-A, §2155

Maine
Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiff Smaha's Opposition to Defendant Phillips' Motion for Summary Judgment, , 4 pgs
Trial Pleadings

Recommends Court deny motion because issues of material fact preclude summary judgment

Me.R.Civ.P. 56

Maine
Brief for the Plaintiff - Appellant - Nancy B. Ramsey, , 7 pgs
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Argues Court must reverse dismissal of punitive damage claim because: there is a question of fact as to defendants' breach of duty; a jury must consider damages

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 14, §6321-A and Me.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and 93

Maine
Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint, , 5 pgs
Trial Pleadings

Requests Court grant leave to assert cause of action for legal malpractice (2011)

Me. Rule Civ. Proc. 15(a)

Maine
Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint, , 5 pgs
Trial Pleadings

Requests Court grant leave to file amended complaint because: facts support a legal malpractice allegation; facts question attorney-client relationship

Me.R.Civ.P. 15(a) and Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 4, §57 and Me.R.App.P. 25

Maine
Brief of Appellant, , 14 pgs
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Argues Court must overturn full guardianship and full conservatorship appointments because: appointed individuals previously disregarded restrictions of limited guardianship and limited conservatorship and violated protected person's civil rights; individuals were appointed without consideration of ward's specific needs or attention to ward's developing self reliance and independence

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 18-A, §5-104(a) and tit. 18-A, §5-105 and tit. 18-A, §5-304 and tit. 18-A, §5-310-A(a) and tit. 18-A, §5-311(a)(b) and tit. 18-A, §311(b) and tit. 18-A, §5-408 and tit. 18-A, §5-408-A(a) and tit. 18-A, §5-417 and tit. 18-A, §5-601 and tit. 18-B, §§801 through 802 and tit. 22, §1711-C

Maine
Closing Argument of Defendant Peggy McPike, , 16 pgs
Trial Pleadings

Requests judgment for defendant: Count I - Abuse of a Confidential Relationship by Undue Influence; Count II - Improvident Transfer Act Claim; Count III - Abuse of a Confidential Relationship by Undue Influence; Count IV - Abuse of a Confidential Relationship by Undue Influence; Count V - Imposition of a Constructive Trust as to Property; Count VI - Tortious Interference with the Expectation of a Legacy

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 18-A, §5-901 et seq. and tit. 18-A, §5-964 and tit. 18-A, §3-715(22) and tit. 18-A, §5-312 and tit. 18-A, §5-424(24) and tit. 18-A, §1-302(a) and tit. 18-A, §5-402(2) and tit. 33, §§1021 through 1025 and tit 33, §1021 et seq. and tit. 18-A, §1023(1) and tit. 33, §1022 and Me.R.Civ.P. 15(b), 17(b)

Maine
Plaintiff's Post-Trial Memorandum, , 13 pgs
Trial Pleadings

Requests judgment for plaintiff: Count I - Accounting; Count II - Improvident Transfers; Count III - Undue Influence; Count IV - Restitution and Constructive Trust; Count V - Restitution and Constructive Trust; Count VI - Interference with the Expectation of a Legacy; Count VII - Improvident Transfers

Me.R.Evid. 301(a) and 402(a) and Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 33, §1022(1) and tit. 33, §1021(5) and tit. 33, §1023(2)

Maine
Brief, , 4 pgs
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Argues Court must reverse and remand appeal because: elderly plaintiff signed mediation agreement with insufficient knowledge and under duress; court failed to consider plaintiff's cause for entering into mediation agreement; court failed to consider elderly plaintiff's signature was coerced

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Maine
Closing Statement, , 4 pgs
Trial Pleadings

Requests Court order: payment of half proceeds from sale of home; return of elderly adult's possessions or establishment of trust regarding possessions and proceeds due from home sale; compensatory and punitive relief (2010)

Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. 33 §1021(1) and 33 §1021(2) and 33 §1022(2) and 33 §1021(4) and 33 §1021(5) and 33 §1021(6) and 33 §1021(3) and 33 §1022(1) and 33 §1023(2) and 16 §357

Maine
Brief of Amicus Curiae Maine State Chamber of Commerce, , 12 pgs
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Argues Court must vacate superintendent's decision because: individual health insurance market lacks participants; plaintiff's exit would adversely effect business and economy; disallowing profit would adversely effect individual health insurance market

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 24-A, §2736-C and tit. 24-A, §6917

Maine
Brief for Appellee, , 13 pgs
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Argues Court must affirm Superior Court judgment because: defendant fails to disprove intentional infliction of emotional distress; law and fact support damages

Me.R.App.P. 13(f)

Maine
Brief of Appellee, , 18 pgs
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Argues Court must deny appeal because: lease was in continuous effect; appellant failed to show abuse of discretion, error of law, prejudicial instructions or projudicial rulings at trial

Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 14, §6001 and tit. 14, §6002

Maine
State's Sentencing Memorandum, , 8 pgs
Sentencing Memoranda

Recommends: 2 year sentence; suspension of all but 9 months' sentence; 2 years probation; prohibition against work with the elderly (2010)

17-A M.R.S.A. §1253-C(1), (2), (3)

Maine
Reply to Opposition to Motion Seeking Attachment and Attachment On Trustee Process, , 2 pgs
Trial Pleadings

Requests Court grant motion and hold testimonial hearing to assess any credibility issue related to memoranda, arguments and affidavits (2009)

Me. Rule Civ. Proc. 4A and 4B and Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. 33 §1021 et seq. and §1021(2) and §1021(1) and §1021(3) and §1021(4)

Maine
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