DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. EARLE


481 A.2d 175 (1984)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. James EARLE, Sr., et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Arlyn H. Weeks (orally), James Eastman Smith, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Human Services, Augusta, for plaintiff.

James J. Fitzpatrick (orally), Portsmouth, N.H., for James Earle, Sr. and Susan Keene.

Reiner & Bouffard, Gary H. Reiner (orally), Kittery, for James Earle, Jr.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


SCOLNIK, Justice.

Defendant James Earle, Sr. is a licensed emergency medical technician (EMT) who owns and operates Earle's Ambulance Service, a private, unincorporated ambulance service licensed by the State of Maine and operated in the Town of Kittery. Defendants Susan Keene and James Earle, Jr., also licensed EMTs, are employees of the business. On January 19, 1982, pursuant to regulations promulgated under the authority of 32 M.R.S.A. §§ 71-75 (1978...

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