Posts Categorized: Results

Tyler Smith wins appeal in commercial mortgage lawsuit

Tyler Smith won an appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, overturning a trial court decision that had enforced an unfavorable lease-extension against the firm’s client until the year 2059. In fact, the Law Court did not just overturn the trial court’s decision granting summary judgment to the tenant; it went one… Read more »

LOKC prevails in legal malpractice suit

Attorneys Gene Libby and Keith Richard represented a woman who received negligent legal services during her divorce in 2008. Her counsel at the 2008 trial failed to conduct discovery, failed to provide the Court the necessary language to divide military pensions under the Armed Services Former Spouse Protection Act, and failed to request spousal support… Read more »

LOKC wins summary judgment on whistleblower, defamation, and wage and hour claims

Attorneys Tim O’Brien and Tyler Smith recently won summary judgment on behalf of an employer who was sued for whistleblower retaliation, defamation, and back pay. The employee argued that the employer had retaliated against him for complaining about perceived breaches of his employment contract, made defamatory statements about him, and owed back wages as a… Read more »

Tyler Smith successfully defends client against protection order extensions

Several years ago, our client’s ex-husband and daughter obtained protection orders. They used these orders to restrict our client’s activities and make various complaints to the police about perceived violations. In 2016, Attorneys Gene Libby and Tyler Smith won an acquittal for the client with regard to one of these complaints – that the client… Read more »

Attorneys Gene Libby and Tyler Smith establish free speech violation

Our client criticized a member of the Kittery Town Council on February 22, 2017.  The Chairperson of the Council, Gary Beers, had the client removed for “casting aspersions on a sitting councilor.”  Attorney Gene Libby filed a Notice of Claim against the town and negotiated a settlement, without filing a complaint, that included a written… Read more »

Attorney Tyler Smith successfully argues “rising blood alcohol” defense in OUI case

Representing a client in a hearing before the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Attorney Tyler Smith successfully argued a “rising blood alcohol” defense in an operating under the influence case.  Our client was allegedly witnessed consuming alcohol in a parking lot. The witness called the police, who promptly responded and stopped the client after he… Read more »

Aggravated drug trafficking convictions overturned in Law Court win

Tyler Smith successfully prosecuted an appeal before the Maine Law Court, State v. Pinkham, 2016 ME 59, resulting in the Court vacating three convictions for Aggravated Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs (Heroin). Maine’s drug trafficking laws provide that one way that someone can “traffick” in scheduled drugs is by possessing 2 grams or more of heroin,… Read more »