Wednesday, April 8, 2015
- First Circuit: In affirming summary judgment for employer on Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim, the court held that–even though plaintiff showed a prima-facie case of age discrimination and offered sufficient evidence of pretext–summary judgment was proper because nothing in the record suggested that defendant considered plaintiff’s age in firing him
- First Circuit: In reversing summary judgment for prison nurses on inmate’s 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment claim based on delay in providing adequate medical care, the court held that inmate presented sufficient evidence that the injury to his jaw was “sufficiently serious” and that nurses showed “deliberate indifference” by waiting 17 hours to send inmate to the hospital
- Maine Legislature: LD 1301 would make several changes to Maine’s motor vehicle laws, including creating a vulnerable user law to protect people on public ways who are not in motor vehicles; amending the law regarding pedestrians in crosswalks; specifying that a person riding a bicycle is required to obey traffic control devices such as lights, stop signs and yield signs; specifying that a person riding a bicycle or scooter or operating on roller skis has the same rights and duties as a person operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances; expanding the provisions of law for which a violation by a person over 17 years of age riding a bicycle or scooter or operating on roller skis is a traffic infraction; and specifying that the operator of a motor vehicle passing a bicyclist or roller skier proceeding in the same direction must exercise due care by taking into consideration the speed of the motor vehicle and other conditions and leaving a reasonable and proper distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle or roller skier, but not less than 3 feet, while the motor vehicle is passing the bicycle or roller skier
- Maine Superior Court: The court denied Maine Department of Corrections’ and individual defendants’ motion to dismiss inmate’s complaint that his due process rights were violated by his continued solitary confinement
- Maine Superior Court: The court granted summary judgment for defendant in legal malpractice case, finding no proximately caused harm to plaintiffs
- US DOJ: Settlement of Americans with Disabilities Act claim reached requiring provider of “massive open online courses” to make significant modifications to its website, platform and mobile applications to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which are industry guidelines for making web content accessible to users with disabilities
- Press Herald: North Yarmouth could face lawsuit over firing of deputy fire chief
- Press Herald: Portland settles lawsuit filed by couple charged after filming police vehicle stop
- Bangor Daily: Maine’s ‘religious freedom’ bill is nearly identical to Indiana law
