STATE OF MAINE SUPERIOR COURT KENNEBEC, SS. CIVIL ACTION ~I.\~~;KEJ~~~.Ck~O~J~\(. .Jt- r i - / / PAUL BOOKER,
Plaintiff
v. ORDER
FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR, INC. et al.,
Defendants
This matter is before the court on defendant Four Season Janitorial Contractor,
Inc.'s motion for summary judgment. 1 In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that defendant
maintained and provided services to the Bank of America premises (formerly Fleet
Bank) located at 33 Main Street, Waterville, Maine, and that plaintiff, on January 14,
2005, while lawfully on the premises and while exercising due care and caution for his
own safety, fell on the stairs in the Bank of America premises located at 33 Main Street,
Waterville. He alleges that his injuries and damages were caused solely by and were
the direct and proximate result of negligent acts of the defendant. Most specifically,
plaintiff asserts that the defendants allowed to exist and did not take reasonable
measures to rectify a dangerous condition located on the stairs, failure to abate a
nuisance, allowing the existence of a dangerous slippery condition on the stairs, failure
to properly inspect the property, and failure to maintain the stairs in conformance with
recognized standards of safety and otherwise being negligent under law.
1 Unicco Service Company was initially named a defendant and filed the original motion for summary judgment. Defendant Four Seasons also moved for summary judgment, incorporating Unicco's statement of material fact. Sometime later, a Rule 41(a) dismissal was entered as to Unicco. Four Seasons remains a party. The defendant's motion for summary judgment argues that such judgment is
warranted because the undisputed facts establish that the defendant is entitled to
judgment as a matter of law and that there is no evidence that the defendant breached
any duty owed to the plaintiff.
The respective statements of material fact reveal that on the morning of January
14, 2005, plaintiff, in accordance with his managerial responsibilities to the Bank, was
inside the Bank of America at 33 Main Street in Waterville. While preparing to open the
Bank and unlock the rear entrance door for the Bank patrons, he slipped on the top of
the stairs that descend to the rear entrance and fell. In the defendant's statement, he
states that plaintiff does not know "actually what caused [his] fall." (Citing plaintiff's
dep.) Plaintiff responds that while plaintiff said that he did not notice any foreign
substances, he knew the floors were slippery due to cleaning residue. In response to
defendant's statement that the plaintiff testified that there were no foreign substances
on the stairway or in the area of the fallon the date of the accident, the plaintiff
responds that his deposition testimony did not say there "were no foreign substances
on the stairway or in the area of the fall on the day of the accident," rather, the plaintiff
testified that he did not notice any foreign substances. He seeks to establish that there is
a difference between "there was none" and he did not notice any. The statements agree
that the plaintiff did not see any residue or moisture on the stairs or in the area of the
fall on the date of the accident.
To defendant's statement that no witnesses saw any foreign substance, residue,
or moisture on the stairs or in the area of the fall on the day of the accident, the plaintiff
responds that one witness had no recollection of whether the floors were wet or dry and
no recollection of any foreign substances, another witness had no knowledge as to why
the plaintiff fell or what caused him to fall, and a third witness testified she was not
2 aware of whether or not the floors were wet with any substance or any substance being
on the ground. To the statement of the defendant that no one knows what caused the
plaintiff's fall, the plaintiff responds that while he said he did not notice any foreign
substances, he knew the floors were slippery due to cleaning residue.
Defendants supplied a supplemental statement of material fact in which he
asserts the defendants were notified that customers were slipping on the floor, that his
foot slipped out from under him because the floor was slippery, that the floor was not
slippery because of water on the tile floor, that it was slippery because of residue left on
the floor by the cleaners, and the defendant acknowledged that there was a problem
with the slippery condition of the floors and certain conversations had taken place
constituting notice to the defendants. These statements refer to plaintiff's deposition, his
affidavit and his answers to interrogatories.
As to notification to the defendant of the dangerous condition, plaintiff describes
a conversation with a third party in which he understood that other conversations had
taken place with the defendant. He claims he has no knowledge as to the individual's
relation to either of the defendants.
In his deposition of November 10, 2008, plaintiff testified that he did not notice
any foreign substances in the stairway after he fell, nor was there any moisture on the
stairs, and he did not remember any residue on the floors on the day of the accident.
The response to the question, "Did you observe anything about the stairs where you fell
at any time either when you fell or when you went back up?" His response was "No,
not that I remember." The next question was, "Do you recall looking at the ground in
that general area to see how it was that you had fallen?" His response was, "I don't
remember." Later in the interrogatories the defendant stated that his information with
respect to a white residue ostensibly from a deicing compound was received from
3 another employee who heard it from a third contractor. Then, the plaintiff was asked,
"Mr. Booker, since you didn't see any residue on the stairs or near the area where you
fell on the date of your fall, do you have any reason to believe that it was actually
residue that caused you to fall?" The plaintiff's response under oath was, "1 would say
I'm not sure actually what caused my fall."
Plaintiff answered interrogatories on September 30, 2008. He testified in a
deposition on November 30, 2008. In opposition to defendant's motion for summary
judgment, he filed an affidavit dated July 31, 2009. Notwithstanding his testimony in
the deposition and answers, his affidavit asserts that the floor was slippery because of
an unidentified cleaning process leaving residue on the floor and that the subject had
been discussed with the defendants. In spite of his testimony that he saw no residue on
the surface he slipped on, his affidavit insists it was the residue which created the
dangerous condition. The court declines to find material issues of fact based on an
affidavit which is inconsistent with sworn testimony and sworn answers.
The defendant is entitled to a summary judgment in its favor if the evidence
presented by the plaintiff in opposition to a motion for summary judgment would, if
produced at trial, entitle defendant to a judgment as a matter law. Addy v. Jenkins, Inc.,
2009 ME 246, 969 A.2d 935. The first matter that must be established is the presence of
negligence. While the plaintiff has speculated that the condition of the floor was caused
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STATE OF MAINE SUPERIOR COURT KENNEBEC, SS. CIVIL ACTION ~I.\~~;KEJ~~~.Ck~O~J~\(. .Jt- r i - / / PAUL BOOKER,
Plaintiff
v. ORDER
FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR, INC. et al.,
Defendants
This matter is before the court on defendant Four Season Janitorial Contractor,
Inc.'s motion for summary judgment. 1 In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that defendant
maintained and provided services to the Bank of America premises (formerly Fleet
Bank) located at 33 Main Street, Waterville, Maine, and that plaintiff, on January 14,
2005, while lawfully on the premises and while exercising due care and caution for his
own safety, fell on the stairs in the Bank of America premises located at 33 Main Street,
Waterville. He alleges that his injuries and damages were caused solely by and were
the direct and proximate result of negligent acts of the defendant. Most specifically,
plaintiff asserts that the defendants allowed to exist and did not take reasonable
measures to rectify a dangerous condition located on the stairs, failure to abate a
nuisance, allowing the existence of a dangerous slippery condition on the stairs, failure
to properly inspect the property, and failure to maintain the stairs in conformance with
recognized standards of safety and otherwise being negligent under law.
1 Unicco Service Company was initially named a defendant and filed the original motion for summary judgment. Defendant Four Seasons also moved for summary judgment, incorporating Unicco's statement of material fact. Sometime later, a Rule 41(a) dismissal was entered as to Unicco. Four Seasons remains a party. The defendant's motion for summary judgment argues that such judgment is
warranted because the undisputed facts establish that the defendant is entitled to
judgment as a matter of law and that there is no evidence that the defendant breached
any duty owed to the plaintiff.
The respective statements of material fact reveal that on the morning of January
14, 2005, plaintiff, in accordance with his managerial responsibilities to the Bank, was
inside the Bank of America at 33 Main Street in Waterville. While preparing to open the
Bank and unlock the rear entrance door for the Bank patrons, he slipped on the top of
the stairs that descend to the rear entrance and fell. In the defendant's statement, he
states that plaintiff does not know "actually what caused [his] fall." (Citing plaintiff's
dep.) Plaintiff responds that while plaintiff said that he did not notice any foreign
substances, he knew the floors were slippery due to cleaning residue. In response to
defendant's statement that the plaintiff testified that there were no foreign substances
on the stairway or in the area of the fallon the date of the accident, the plaintiff
responds that his deposition testimony did not say there "were no foreign substances
on the stairway or in the area of the fall on the day of the accident," rather, the plaintiff
testified that he did not notice any foreign substances. He seeks to establish that there is
a difference between "there was none" and he did not notice any. The statements agree
that the plaintiff did not see any residue or moisture on the stairs or in the area of the
fall on the date of the accident.
To defendant's statement that no witnesses saw any foreign substance, residue,
or moisture on the stairs or in the area of the fall on the day of the accident, the plaintiff
responds that one witness had no recollection of whether the floors were wet or dry and
no recollection of any foreign substances, another witness had no knowledge as to why
the plaintiff fell or what caused him to fall, and a third witness testified she was not
2 aware of whether or not the floors were wet with any substance or any substance being
on the ground. To the statement of the defendant that no one knows what caused the
plaintiff's fall, the plaintiff responds that while he said he did not notice any foreign
substances, he knew the floors were slippery due to cleaning residue.
Defendants supplied a supplemental statement of material fact in which he
asserts the defendants were notified that customers were slipping on the floor, that his
foot slipped out from under him because the floor was slippery, that the floor was not
slippery because of water on the tile floor, that it was slippery because of residue left on
the floor by the cleaners, and the defendant acknowledged that there was a problem
with the slippery condition of the floors and certain conversations had taken place
constituting notice to the defendants. These statements refer to plaintiff's deposition, his
affidavit and his answers to interrogatories.
As to notification to the defendant of the dangerous condition, plaintiff describes
a conversation with a third party in which he understood that other conversations had
taken place with the defendant. He claims he has no knowledge as to the individual's
relation to either of the defendants.
In his deposition of November 10, 2008, plaintiff testified that he did not notice
any foreign substances in the stairway after he fell, nor was there any moisture on the
stairs, and he did not remember any residue on the floors on the day of the accident.
The response to the question, "Did you observe anything about the stairs where you fell
at any time either when you fell or when you went back up?" His response was "No,
not that I remember." The next question was, "Do you recall looking at the ground in
that general area to see how it was that you had fallen?" His response was, "I don't
remember." Later in the interrogatories the defendant stated that his information with
respect to a white residue ostensibly from a deicing compound was received from
3 another employee who heard it from a third contractor. Then, the plaintiff was asked,
"Mr. Booker, since you didn't see any residue on the stairs or near the area where you
fell on the date of your fall, do you have any reason to believe that it was actually
residue that caused you to fall?" The plaintiff's response under oath was, "1 would say
I'm not sure actually what caused my fall."
Plaintiff answered interrogatories on September 30, 2008. He testified in a
deposition on November 30, 2008. In opposition to defendant's motion for summary
judgment, he filed an affidavit dated July 31, 2009. Notwithstanding his testimony in
the deposition and answers, his affidavit asserts that the floor was slippery because of
an unidentified cleaning process leaving residue on the floor and that the subject had
been discussed with the defendants. In spite of his testimony that he saw no residue on
the surface he slipped on, his affidavit insists it was the residue which created the
dangerous condition. The court declines to find material issues of fact based on an
affidavit which is inconsistent with sworn testimony and sworn answers.
The defendant is entitled to a summary judgment in its favor if the evidence
presented by the plaintiff in opposition to a motion for summary judgment would, if
produced at trial, entitle defendant to a judgment as a matter law. Addy v. Jenkins, Inc.,
2009 ME 246, 969 A.2d 935. The first matter that must be established is the presence of
negligence. While the plaintiff has speculated that the condition of the floor was caused
from a residue of deicing compound brought in from the parking lot, the plaintiff has
unequivocally established that he did notsee any white residue in the area of his fall. In
the presence of lack of direct evidence of notification to the defendant that it was
creating a slippery condition in its treatment of the deicing compound, it must then
consider whether there is evidence of a dangerous condition.
4 The defendant relies on Houde v. Millett, 2001 ME 183, 787 A.2d 757. In that case,
the plaintiff asserted that chimney soot on the kitchen floor presented a slippery
condition causing her to fall and receive injuries. There was evidence that such soot had
been present on the floor at some previous time but the plaintiff stated she cleaned the
floor before her fall. She relied solely on having found some evidence of soot on the
knee of her pajamas that she had been wearing to establish that the soot caused the fall.
The Court found that the plaintiff had failed to present sufficient evidence to support a
finding by the fact finder that it was soot that caused her to slip. It further notes that
"she acknowledges that neither she nor anyone else had seen any soot on the floor of
the kitchen on the morning of her accident or immediately following her fall. Absent
some evidence more directly establishing that the soot was the cause of her fall, a fact
finder cannot reasonably conclude, without engaging in speculation that it was soot
that caused her to slip." Houde v. Millett, 2001 Me. 183; 787 A.2d 760. Also noteworthy is
Durham v. HP Corp., 2005 lYlE 53,870 A.2d 577.
It is clear that a plaintiff may under many circumstances be completely unable to
remember or account or explain an accident, but nevertheless recover if the deficiency is
met by other reliable evidence. The issue is one of probability versus possibility. In the
dissent in Addy v. Jenkins, 2009 ME 246, 969 A.2d 935, the analysis indicates that where
an inference is rational and flows logically from the evidence, it may be considered by
the fact finder. The analysis goes on to say that if there are multiple reasonable
inferences, and they are not equally probably, the fact finder may consider them~ It is
only if the inferences are equally probable that evidence is speculative." Addy v. Jenkins,
2009 A.2d 246, 969 at 940.
In the present instance, at the time of the injury, there is no evidence that the
unseen residue was a more probable cause than any other of the accident.
5 The entry will be:
Defendant's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.
DATED: ~---- Active Retired Justice
6 PAUL BOOKER - PLAINTIFF SUPERIOR COURT KENNEBEC, ss. Attorney for: PAUL BOOKER Docket No AUGSC-CV-2008-00182 C DONALD BRIGGS - RETAINED OS/27/2008 BRIGGS & COUNSEL 815 COMMERCIAL STREET DOCKET RECORD ROCKPORT ME 04856
vs FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC - DEFENDANT 1 THOMAS DRIVE, WATERVILLE ME 04901 Attorney for: FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON - RETAINED LAW OFFICE OF GERARD FOURNIER 27 PEARL STREET PO BOX 7109 PORTLAND ME 04112-7109
UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED - DEFENDANT ONE PORTLAND SQUARE, PORTLAND ME 04101 Attorney for: UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED ELIZABETH GERMANI - RETAINED GERMANI MARTEMUCCI RIGGLE & HILL 43 DEERING STREET PORTLAND ME 04101
Filing Document: COMPLAINT Minor Case Type: PROPERTY NEGLIGENCE Filing Date: OS/27/2008
Docket Events: OS/27/2008 FILING DOCUMENT - COMPLAINT FILED ON OS/27/2008
OS/27/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER ATTORNEY - RETAINED ENTERED ON OS/27/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS
OS/27/2008 CERTIFY/NOTIFICATION - CASE FILE NOTICE SENT ON OS/27/2008 MAILED TO ATTY BRIGGS
06/04/2008 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC SUMMONS/SERVICE - CIVIL SUMMONS SERVED ON OS/27/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS THOMAS GRANT SERVED IN HAND FOR FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL ON 5/27/08 BY A CIVIL DEPUTY.
06/04/2008 Party(s}: UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED SUMMONS/SERVICE - CIVIL SUMMONS SERVED ON OS/28/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS WILLIAM RICHARDSON ADMIN ASST SERVED IN HAND ON 5/28/08 FOR UNICCO SERVICE CO.
06/16/2008 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC ATTORNEY - RETAINED ENTERED ON 06/13/2008 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON Page 1 of 8 Printed on: 10/06/2009 AUGSC-CV-2008-00182 DOCKET RECORD
06/16/2008 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC RESPONSIVE PLEADING - ANSWER FILED ON 06/16/2008 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON
06/16/2008 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED ATTORNEY - RETAINED ENTERED ON 06/16/2008 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI
06/16/2008 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED RESPONSIVE PLEADING - ANSWER FILED ON 06/16/2008 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI UNICCO SERVICE CO'S ANSWER.
06/16/2008 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 06/16/2008 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI DEF UNICCO SERVICE DO FIRST SET OF INTERRAGTORIES TO PLT AND FIRST REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS TO PLT SERVED ON ATTY BRIGGS ON 6/1/08.
06/18/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 06/18/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS PLAINTIFF'S REVISED REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS TO FOUR SEASONS AND UNICCO SERVICE, PLAINTIFF'S REVISED INTERROGATORIES TO FOUR SEASONS AND UNIICO SERVICE SERVED ON HUMPHREY JOHNSON, ESQ. AND ELIZABETH GERMANI, ESQ. ON 6/17/08.
06/19/2008 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 06/18/2008 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON DEF'S INTERROGATORIES TO PLT, REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS TO PLT, DEF'S PRELIMINARY EXPERT DESIGNATION OF PLT AND DEF'S NOTICE OF ORAL DEPOSITION OF PLT PAUL BOOKER SERVED ON ATTY BRIGGS ON 6/16/08.
06/25/2008 DISCOVERY FILING - DISCOVERY DEADLINE ENTERED ON 02/25/2009
ASSIGNMENT - SINGLE JUDGE/JUSTICE ASSIGNED TO JUSTICE ON 06/25/2008 JOSEPH M JABAR , JUSTICE
06/25/2008 ORDER - SCHEDULING ORDER ENTERED ON 06/25/2008 JOSEPH M JABAR , JUSTICE ORDERED INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE AT THE SPECIFIC DIRECTION OF THE COURT. COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
08/14/2008 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 08/11/2008 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI DEFENDANT UNICCO SERVICE CO. 'S ANSWERS TO PLAINTIFF'S REVISED INTERROGATORIES; DEFENDANT UNICCO SERVICE CO. 'S RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF'S REVISED REQUESTFOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS SERVED ON C. DONALD BRIGGS, III, ESQ. ON 8/8/08.
08/27/2008 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 08/27/2008 Page 2 of 8 Printed on: 10/06/2009 AUGSC-CV-2008-00182 DOCKET RECORD
Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON AMENDED NOTICE OF ORAL DEPOSITION OF PAUL BOOKER SERVED ON ATTY BRIGGS AND GERMANI ON 8/26/08.
09/03/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER ADR - NOTICE OF ADR PROCESS/NEUTRAL FILED ON 08/26/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS
09/03/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER LETTER - FROM PARTY FILED ON 08/26/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS COMPLETION FOR ADR 12/20/08
09/09/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 09/09/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS RESPONSE OF PLAINTIFF TO FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FROM DEFENDANT UNCCO SERVICE COMPANY AND PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE TO INITIAL REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS BY THE DEFENDANT FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR, INC. SERVED ON HUMPHREY H.N. JOHNSON, ESQ. AND ELIZABETH A GERMANI, ESQ. ON 9/8/08.
09/26/2008 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 09/26/2008 Defendant's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS NOTICE TO TAKE ORAL DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR, INC. SERVED ON HUMPHREY H.N. JOHNSON, ESQ. AND ELIZABETH A GERMANI, ESQ. ON 9/24/08.
10/06/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 10/06/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS ANSWER TO PLT'S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES FROM DEF UNICCO SERVICE CO AND ANSWER TO PLT TO INITIAL INTERROGATORIES FROM DEF FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR, INC SERVED ON ATTY JOHNSON AND GERMANI ON 10/2/08.
10/07/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 10/03/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS PLT'S DESIGNATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES AND RULE 26 (B) (4) DISCLOSURE SERVED ON ATTY JOHNSON AND GERMANI ON 10/2/08.
10/14/2008 party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 10/07/2008 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON FIRST AMENDED NOTICE OF ORAL DEPOSITION OF PLAINTIFF PAUL BOOKER SERVED ON C. DONALD BRIGGS, III, ESQ. AND ELIZABETH GERMANI, ESQ. ON 10/6/08.
10/14/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 10/07/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS AMENDED NOTICE TO TAKE ORAL DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT FOUR SEAONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR, INC. PURSUANT TO M.R.CIV.P. 30(BO(6) SERVED ON HUMPHREY H.N. JOHNSON, ESQ. AND ELIZABETH A GERMANIA, ESQ. ON 10/6/08.
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10/20/2008 party(s): PAUL BOOKER DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 10/14/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS NOTICE TO TAKE ORAL DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY PURSUANT TO M.R.CIV.P. 30(B) (6) SERVED ON HUMPHREY H.N. JOHNSON, ESQ. AND ELIZABETH A GERMANI, ESQ. ON 10/9/08
11/10/2008 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 11/10/2008 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON DEFENDANT FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. 'S ANSWERS TO PLAINTIFF'S REVISED INTERROGATORIES AND DEFENDANT'S FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. 'S RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF'S REVISED REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS SERVED ON C. DONALD BRIGGS, II, ESQ. ON 11/6/08.
12/24/2008 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 12/16/2008 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS AMENDED NOTICE TO TAKE ORAL DEPOSITON OF DEFENDANT FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR, INC. AND AMENDED NOTICE TO TAKE ORAL DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY SERVED ON HUMPHREY H .N. JOHNSON, ESQ. AND ELIZABETH A GERMANI, ESQ. ON 12/15/08.
12/26/2008 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED DISCOVERY FILING - NOTIFICATION DISCOVERY SERVICE FILED ON 12/22/2008 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI DEFENDANT UNICCO SERVICE CO. 'S EXPERT DESIGNATION SERVED ON C DONALD BRIGGGS, III, ESQ. ON 12/18/08.
02/02/2009 party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC JURY FILING - DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL FILED ON 01/30/2009 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON JURY FEE PAID IN THE AMOUNT OF $300.00
02/19/2009 party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION EXTEND DISCOVERY FILED ON 02/19/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI WITH PROPOSED ORDER
02/19/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME FILED ON 02/19/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI TO EXTEND ADR DEADLINE WITH PROPOSED ORDER.
02/24/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME GRANTED ON 02/19/2009 JOSEPH M JABAR , JUSTICE COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
03/11/2009 HEARING - TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 04/21/2009 @ 10:00 in Room No. 2 NOTICE TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
03/11/2009 TRIAL - TRAILING LIST SCHEDULED FOR 04/09/2009
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MOTION - MOTION TO CONTINUE FILED ON 03/16/2009 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON
03/16/2009 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC MOTION - MOTION TO CONTINUE GRANTED ON 03/16/2009 JOSEPH M JABAR , JUSTICE COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL CONTINUED TO NEXT TRIAL LIST.
03/16/2009 TRIAL - TRAILING LIST NOT REACHED ON 03/16/2009 CONTINUED
03/16/2009 HEARING - TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CONTINUED ON 03/16/2009 CONTINUED TO NEXT TRIAL LIST.
05/07/2009 HEARING - TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 06/04/2009 @ 8:45 in Room No. 2 NOTICE TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
05/07/2009 HEARING - TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE NOTICE SENT ON 05/07/2009
05/07/2009 TRIAL - TRAILING LIST SCHEDULED FOR 07/06/2009
05/15/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER ADR - NOTICE OF ADR PROCESS/NEUTRAL FILED ON 05/15/2009 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS MEDIATION SCHEDULED FOR 6/29/09
OS/28/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT FILED ON OS/28/2009 STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED MATERIAL FACTS, PROPOSED ORDER AND REQUEST FOR THEARING.
OS/29/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED OTHER FILING - WITNESS & EXHIBIT LIST FILED ON OS/29/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI
06/01/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT FILED ON 06/01/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI AMENDED MOTION
06/01/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED JURY FILING - PROPOSED VOIR DIRE FILED ON 06/01/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI
06/01/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED JURY FILING - PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS FILED ON 06/01/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI
06/01/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED JURY FILING - PROPOSED SPECIAL VERDICT FORM FILED ON 06/01/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI
06/01/2009 Party(s) : UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED Page 5 of 8 Printed on: 10/06/2009 AUGSC-CV-2008-00182 DOCKET RECORD
MOTION - MOTION IN LIMINE FILED ON 06/01/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONY OF PLAINTIFF AND THE BANK EMPLOYEES REGARDING THE CAUSE OF PLAINTIFF'S FALL WITH PROPOSED ORDER.
06/03/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER OTHER FILING - WITNESS LIST FILED ON 06/03/2009 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS
06/03/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER OTHER FILING - EXHIBIT LIST FILED ON 06/03/2009 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS
06/05/2009 TRIAL - TRAILING LIST NOT REACHED ON 06/04/2009 CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER LIST.
06/05/2009 HEARING - TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE HELD ON 06/04/2009 JOSEPH M JABAR , JUSTICE Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS
06/05/2009 ORDER - PRETRIAL/STATUS ENTERED ON 06/04/2009 JOSEPH M JABAR , JUSTICE "CONFERENCE ORDER FILED: CASE SET FOR TRIAL ON SEPTEMBER LIST. COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
06/05/2009 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC OTHER FILING - WITNESS & EXHIBIT LIST FILED ON 06/04/2009 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON
06/18/2009 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC MOTION - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT FILED ON 06/18/2009 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON REVISED MOTION
07/06/2009 ORDER - REPORT OF ADR CONF/ORDER FILED ON 07/06/2009 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS
07/06/2009 ORDER - REPORT OF ADR CONF/ORDER UNRESOLVED ON 07/06/2009
07/06/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER MOTION - MOTION TO DISMISS FILED ON 07/06/2009 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS WITH MEMORANDUM OF LAW, DRAFT ORDER, NOTICE OF HEARING
07/06/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED FINDING - PARTIAL DISMISSED W/ PREJUDICE ENTERED ON 07/06/2009 Defendant's Attorney: ELIZABETH GERMANI Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS S/HUMPHREY JOHNSON, ESQ.
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JOSEPH M JABAR • JUSTICE "REPORT OF ADR CONFERENCE FILE. CASE IS UNRESOLVED. ORDER/JUDGMENT ENTERED COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
07/06/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER MOTION - MOTION TO DISMISS GRANTED ON 07/06/2009 JOSEPH M JABAR , JUSTICE COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
07/09/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER MOTION - MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME FILED ON 07/09/2009 Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS FOR FILING RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT WITH PROPOSED ORDER.
07/14/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER MOTION - MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME GRANTED ON 07/09/2009 JOSEPH M JABAR • JUSTICE COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
OS/04/2009 TRIAL - TRAILING LIST SCHEDULED FOR 09/17/2009 @ S:30 in Room No. 2
OS/04/2009 TRIAL - TRAILING LIST NOTICE SENT ON OS/04/2009
OS/04/2009 HEARING - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT SCHEDULED FOR 09/1S/2009 @ 8:30 in Room No. 2
08/04/2009 HEARING - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT NOTICE SENT ON 08/04/2009
08/07/2009 Party(s): PAUL BOOKER OTHER FILING - AFFIDAVIT FILED ON 08/06/2009 IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT.
08/12/2009 Party(s): FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC OTHER FILING - REPLY MEMORANDUM FILED ON 08/12/2009 Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON TO PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND REPLY STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND OJBJECTIONS
09/1S/2009 HEARING - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT HELD ON 09/1S/2009 DONALD H MARDEN • JUSTICE Defendant's Attorney: HUMPHREY HN JOHNSON Plaintiff's Attorney: C DONALD BRIGGS ORAL ARGUMENTS MADE TO THE COURT. COURT TO TAKE MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT.
09/1S/2009 TRIAL - TRAILING LIST CONTINUED ON 09/1S/2009 CONTINUED TO THE NEXT TRIAL IN DECEMBER
10/06/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION EXTEND DISCOVERY MOOT ON 10/0S/2009 SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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DONALD H MARDEN , JUSTICE COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
10/06/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION IN LIMINE MOOT ON 10/05/2009 SUMMARY JUDGMENT
10/06/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED ON 10/05/2009 DONALD H MARDEN , JUSTICE COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
10/06/2009 Party(s): UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED MOTION - MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED ON 10/05/2009 DONALD H MARDEN , JUSTICE COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
10/06/2009 FINDING - JUDGMENT DETERMINATION ENTERED ON 10/05/2009 DONALD H MARDEN , JUSTICE ORDERED INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE AT THE SPECIFIC DIRECTION OF THE COURT. COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL
ORDER - SUMMARY JUDGMENT ENTERED ON 10/05/2009 DONALD H MARDEN , JUSTICE ORDERED INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE AT THE SPECIFIC DIRECTION OF THE COURT. COPIES TO PARTIES/COUNSEL Judgment entered for FOUR SEASONS JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR INC and against PAUL BOOKER. Judgment entered for UNICCO SERVICE COMPANY DISMISSED and against PAUL BOOKER.
10/06/2009 FINDING - FINAL JUDGMENT CASE CLOSED ON 10/06/2009
A TRUE COpy ATTEST: Clerk
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