The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has reinstated a lawsuit that was previously dismissed due to the plaintiffs’ nonappearance in court. The plaintiffs argued that they failed to appear because they were following outdated instructions from the state’s judicial branch website, which had directed them to adhere to pandemic-era protocols involving telephone appearances. The court recognized that while the lower court was not incorrect in its decision to dismiss the case, such a dismissal was deemed excessively severe given the unique circumstances.
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