# Adams v. Buffalo Forge Co.

> Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · April 5, 1982 · 443 A.2d 932

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9753990

## Case

- **Full name:** Sheldon E. ADAMS, Et Al. v. BUFFALO FORGE COMPANY
- **Court:** Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
- **Decided:** April 5, 1982
- **Citations:** 443 A.2d 932; 1982 Me. LEXIS 641
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McKUSICK
- **Judges:** Godfrey, McKusick, God-Frey, Nichols, Roberts, Carter, Violette, Wathen
- **Cited by:** 92 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- discussing that the court's discretion in determining whether to apply stare decisis in a given matter "must be exercised with a view to whether adherence to past error or departure from precedent constitutes the greater evil to be suffered"
- noting that tort obligations and contractual obligations “create separate and distinct predicates of liability”

## Opinion text

McKUSICK, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
I would affirm the judgment of the Superior Court on the authority of Burke v. Hamilton Beach Division, Me., 424 A.2d 145 (1981), and Hurd v. Hurd, Me., 423 A.2d 960 (1981).

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