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The Maine personal injury lawyers at Berman & Simmons are dedicated to helping people receive the compensation they deserve in personal injury, medical malpractice and other serious injury cases. We work hard every day to deserve our reputation as “the best plaintiffs' personal injury and medical malpractice firm in Maine.”

We understand that when you are seriously injured, you face a combination of medical, financial, and legal challenges. Our commitment is to support you and to maximize your recovery, putting you in the strongest position to win either by settlement or, if necessary, by jury verdict. Our clients have been awarded many of Maine's highest verdicts and settlements and our attorneys are consistently recognized throughout the State as being among the very best.

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Recent Proposed State/Federal Rules Changes as of May 2017

Maine Rule of Civil Procedure 77(c) has been changed effective May 30, 2017. The change is minor, but reflects the move towards unifying the civil and criminal courts. Previously, chiefs of the respective trial courts set hours for...

Berman & Simmons ranked as best law firm in Maine for plaintiffs

LEWISTON, Maine, June 6, 2017 – Berman & Simmons has once again been ranked as the best law firm in Maine for representing plaintiffs in personal...

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Alicia F. Curtis, lawyer at Berman & Simmons

Notable Law Court Cases in 2016

The Law Court Affirms a Jury’s Ability to Infer Causation from Adequate, Reliable Evidence

In a 2009 decision, Addy v. Jenkins, the Law Court threw into question a jury’s ability to infer causation...

Miriam A. Johnson, lawyer at Berman & Simmons

Determining Agency in Medical Malpractice Cases

When a patient presents at a hospital or a practice affiliated with a hospital, whether the doctor is an employee of the hospital is usually the last thing on the patient’s mind. If the doctor’s treatment results in a...

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$1.785M verdict in Medical Malpractice case

Maine Superior Court. Bangor, ME. $1.785 million jury verdict against a hospital and a primary care physician, on behalf of a 71-year-old man who suffered bacterial infection in his heart after a failure of his...

$344,000 verdict in Breach of Contract case.

Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. In this Breach of Contract lawsuit, defendant hospital terminated plaintiff doctor's contract claiming nonperformance by plaintiff. Defendant had recruited plaintiff from California to work as an...

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