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dual persona doctrine in Maine

6 Maine opinions name it 2 courts 1992–2018 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Maine courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Hatch v. Lido Co. of New Englandgreen
me · 1992 · cited in 4 Maine opinions naming this issue, 1994–2018
2 sentences

2018Title 39-A M.R.S. §§ 104, 107, 901, and 908 (2017) make up the foundations “of the compact constructed by the [L]egislature whereby the employer gives up his normal defenses and assumes automatic liability, while the employee gives up his right to common-law verdicts.” Hatch v. Lido Co., 609 A.2d 1155, 1156 (Me. 1992) (quotation marks omitted). 9 [¶14] We have applied the dual persona doctrine as an exception to the immunity afforded by the Act to a defendant employer or corporate officer.

2018Title 39-A M.R.S. §§ 104, 107, 901, and 908 (2017) make up the foundations "of the compact constructed by the [L]egislature whereby the employer gives up his normal defenses and assumes automatic liability, while the employee gives up his right to common-law verdicts." Hatch v. Lido Co. , 609 A.2d 1155 , 1156 (Me. 1992) (quotation marks omitted). [¶ 14] We have applied the dual persona doctrine as an exception to the immunity afforded by the Act to a defendant employer or corporate officer.

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Peavey v. Taylorgreen
me · 1994 · cited in 2 Maine opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
2 sentences

2018The same is [us] to reach an issue on an interlocutory appeal, the applicability of the exception to the final judgment rule must be presented as a question of law, not dependent on fact-findings to be made by the trial court.”) 12 equally true, if not more so, of Clark’s suit and the separate nature of the respective duties of Hammond Lumber Company and Benton, LLC.4 [¶18] Accordingly, the court did not err as a matter of law by holding that the dual persona doctrine’s exception to an employer’s immunity is inapposite to the assertion of immunity by Benton, LLC, nor did it err by denying the

2018The same is equally true, if not more so, of Clark's suit and the separate nature of the respective duties of Hammond Lumber Company and Benton, LLC. 4 [¶ 18] Accordingly, the court did not err as a matter of law by holding that the dual persona doctrine's exception to an employer's immunity is inapposite to the assertion of immunity by Benton, LLC, nor did it err by denying the motion for a summary judgment on that ground. 5 See Peavey , 637 A.2d at 451 ; LaBelle , 593 A.2d at 654 -55 . [¶ 19] Benton, LLC, portrays this case as novel and requiring us to make a logical extension of our dual pe

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LaBelle v. Crepeaugreen
me · 1991 · cited in 3 Maine opinions naming this issue, 2003–2018
2 sentences

2018The same is [us] to reach an issue on an interlocutory appeal, the applicability of the exception to the final judgment rule must be presented as a question of law, not dependent on fact-findings to be made by the trial court.”) 12 equally true, if not more so, of Clark’s suit and the separate nature of the respective duties of Hammond Lumber Company and Benton, LLC.4 [¶18] Accordingly, the court did not err as a matter of law by holding that the dual persona doctrine’s exception to an employer’s immunity is inapposite to the assertion of immunity by Benton, LLC, nor did it err by denying the

2018The same is equally true, if not more so, of Clark's suit and the separate nature of the respective duties of Hammond Lumber Company and Benton, LLC. 4 [¶ 18] Accordingly, the court did not err as a matter of law by holding that the dual persona doctrine's exception to an employer's immunity is inapposite to the assertion of immunity by Benton, LLC, nor did it err by denying the motion for a summary judgment on that ground. 5 See Peavey , 637 A.2d at 451 ; LaBelle , 593 A.2d at 654 -55 . [¶ 19] Benton, LLC, portrays this case as novel and requiring us to make a logical extension of our dual pe

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Maine. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Li v. C.N. Brown Co. green
me · 1994
1 sentence

2010Li, 645 A.2d at 609 (citing Hatch v. Lido Co. of New England, 609 A.2d 1155, 1156 (Me. 1992)).

12010–2010
Beverage v. Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc. green
me · 1985
1 sentence

1992Under the dual persona doctrine, however, an otherwise exempt employer (or officer) may become liable to suit as a third party “if — and only if — he possesses a second persona so completely independent from and unrelated to his status as employer that by established standards the law recognizes [the employer] as a separate legal person.” Id. § 72.-81.

11992–1992

Statutes the citing opinions construe

ME § Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 39-A, § 104 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

WI 10 (1988–2004) IL 7 (1988–2008) WA 7 (1986–2025) ME 6 (1992–2018) NM 5 (1996–2011) FL 3 (1991–2008) SC 3 (1999–2024) TX 3 (2000–2010) AR 3 (1991–2011) OK 2 (2010–2020) PA 2 (1989–2011) MA 2 (1990–1998)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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