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IN RE ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. CUM-00-378.

766 A.2d 592 (2001)

2001 ME 39

ESTATE OF Phyllis B. JOHNSON

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Bulger (orally), Troubh, Heisler & Piampiano, P.A., Portland, for appellant.

Edward L. Dilworth III (orally), Dow's Law Offices, P.A., Norway, for appellee.

Panel: WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.

WATHEN, C.J.

[¶ 1] Bruce Johnson appeals from a judgment entered in the Cumberland County Probate Court (Childs, J.) distributing proceeds from a Florida wrongful death insurance settlement to the Estate of Phyllis Johnson and imposing sanctions against him for misrepresenting the amount of the settlement. He argues that under the Florida wrongful death statute the court erred in allocating the proceeds to the Estate and that it abused its discretion in...

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