The opinion
STATE OF MAINE SUPERIOR COURT
KENNEBEC, SS. CIVIL ACTION
DOCKET NO. AP-19-57
JAMIE MAILLARD,
Plain tiff-A ppe 11ee
V. DECISION ON APPEAL
TIMOTHY and GAIL
BROWN,
Defendants-Appellants
This is an appeal pursuant to 14 M.R.S. § 6008 from a judgment in a forcible
entry and detainer action entered in favor of the Plaintiff (Landlord) on November
25, 2019 (Nale, J.). The appeal is on questions of law only.
The court has listened to the recording of the hearing held on November 25,
2019, which includes the testimony of Jamie Maillard, Gwyneth Elvin, Hillary
Goodliff and Gail Brown. The court has also examined Plaintiff's Exhibits 1-12 and
Defendants' Exhibit 1. The District Court found: (a) that the presumption of
retaliation pursuant to 14 M.R.S. § 6021-A( 4 )(D) applied to the single-family house
located at 41 Bolton Hill Road in Augusta, and; (b) that the Plaintiff had rebutted
that presumption by satisfactorily showing that he was attempting to sell the home
well before the Defendants (Tenants) complained about the infestation of bedbugs.
This court concludes that the District Court's (Nale, J.) findings were rationally
supported by the evidence presented at trial.
The entry is:
The appeal of Defendants-Appellants is DENIED and the judgment of the
District Court is affirmed.
The Clerk is directed to incorporate this order in the docket of ~e.. by
reference in accordance with M.R.Civ.P. 79(a). ( /
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Dated: March 9, 2020
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Justice, Superior Court
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