Woodworth v. Gaddis
Annotate this CaseRelying on a licensed forester's markings of property boundaries, a company removed trees from 17.9 acres of Plaintiff's property. Plaintiff sued the forester, the company, and the owner of the neighboring property. The trial court awarded Plaintiff $67,180 in damages based on Defendants' timber harvest trespass. Plaintiff appealed, arguing that the court erred in its damages award and in declining to grant her motion to add the owner of the company as a party. The Supreme Court modified the judgment to double the district court's award of damages and affirmed the judgment as modified, holding (1) the district court erred by not doubling Plaintiff's damages as required by 14 Me. Rev. Stat. 7552(4)(A); and (2) the court did not abuse its discretion in denying Plaintiff's motion to add the owner as a party.
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