Thurston v. Nguyen, et. al.
Oct 30, 2014OUTCOME: Judgment Affirmed
Thurston appealed from a judgment on a jury verdict entered in favor of Defendants. The jury found Nguyen not negligent in a Portland accident involving a Buxton-owned ambulance driven by Nguyen and a ... van driven by Thurston's husband. Contrary to Thurston's contentions, the court did not abuse its discretion in excluding Lieutenant Glen Reed's testimony pursuant to Maine Rule of Evidence 403 because (1) it had the potential to mislead the jury, and (2) Reed's experience as an ambulance operator at the Scarborough Fire Department did not give him proper foundation to testify to the procedures of emergency vehicles in Buxton or Portland.
