On Sept. 26, a jury in Rockland, Maine, awarded $200,000 to a man from Knox County whose hand was seriously injured during a hit-and-run incident. The verdict in favor of 22-year-old Adam Feener concluded a three-day civil trial at Knox County Superior Court, before Justice Joyce Wheeler. Attorney Michael Bigos of Berman & Simmons represented...
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On Sept. 26, a jury in Rockland, Maine, awarded $200,000 to a man from Knox County whose hand was seriously injured during a hit-and-run incident.The verdict in favor of 22-year-old Adam Feener concluded a three-day civil trial at Knox County Superior Court, before Justice Joyce Wheeler.Attorney Michael Bigos of Berman & Simmons represented Feener, of Hope, Maine, in the trial against Concord Insurance Group, The Main Street America Group, and Progressive Insurance Company....
The federal district court has announced a few changes to the local rules, effective December 1, 2017. A number of these rule changes were announced in June, and the proposed changes were summarized on this website at that time. These changes affect attorney discipline, and prevent attorneys admitted only conditionally to the Maine bar, from admission to the federal bar....
Berman & Simmons attorney Daniel Kagan will give a presentation at the Fall Trial Lawyers Seminar held by the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Kagan is one of Maineâs leading trial lawyers, with a record of jury verdicts and settlements in complex and difficult personal injury cases. Since joining Berman & Simmons in 1989, Kagan has often taken on controversial cases that play out in the public spotlight....
MaineBiz, the leading source in Maine for business news, published an article on Oct. 12 about the renovation of Berman & Simmonsâ headquarters in downtown Lewiston.The article written by Laurie Schreiber was titled âCentury-old law firm joins Lewistonâs revitalization push.âHereâs an excerpt:...
On September 1, 2017, new, re-styled Appellate Rules of Procedure went into effect. The changes are intended to modernize the language of the rules, and make them easier for judges, lawyers, and the general public to understand and apply. Long paragraphs addressing multiple topics have been broken up into separate sub-paragraphs, with each sub-paragraph addressing a discrete rule, direction, or order.Relevant substantive changes to the Appellate Rules are summarized below:...
The settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit in connection with a fatal hayride crash in 2014 was reported by media outlets throughout Maine and around the nation last week. The news stories highlighted the establishment of the ShineonCass Foundation, a charitable organization created by the victimâs family....
The family of Cassidy Charette, the central Maine teenager killed in a haunted hayride crash in October 2014, has settled its lawsuit against the farm owner. Attorney Jodi Nofsinger of Berman & Simmons said the wrongful death lawsuit against Harvest Hill Farm, former farm owner Peter Bolduc Jr., hayride driver David Brown, and mechanic Philip Theberge has been settled....