Thursday, October 1, 2020

Maine Supreme Judicial Court: Planned October 5th rollout of the Maine eCourts system in the Bangor courts and BCD postponed until further notice due to a security breach at the eFiling vendor
Law Court: The physician-patient privilege in Maine Rule of Evidence 503 prevents the disclosure during discovery of even redacted (meaning patient identifying information has been removed) and relevant medical records of a nonparty patient who has not waived the privilege
Law Court: A bystander may recover for a claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress when that bystander hears (as opposed to sees) an accident occur and then in its immediate aftermath witnesses a close relative severely injured
Law Court: In upholding legal malpractice jury verdict for plaintiff, the court clarified the “modified” or “failure to plead” proximate cause standard
US District Court ME: Magistrate Judge granted defendant’s motion to stay court action against jail officials in claim arising out of inmate’s death until state court determined the officials’ coverage under Maine Health Security Act
MHRC: Minutes of September 14th meeting include that the Commission submitted a budget curtailment of almost $100,000 in response to the Governor’s requirement that state agencies cut 10% of General Fund monies
EEOC: Keith E. Sonderling sworn in as Commissioner and Vice Chair for a term expiring July 1, 2024, following a 52-41 Senate vote

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