Malcolm Ulmer News Today

A landmark ruling against a public agency acting in bad faith sends a clear message to others.

The Maine County Commissioners Association Risk Pool is the first government entity in Maine to be penalized for wrongly withholding documents since the Freedom of Access Act became law in 1959.

In a rare decision, Maine's highest court said officials wrongfully withheld records about a settlement payment to a Black inmate who alleged he had been assaulted by guards while awaiting trial.

In a rare decision, Maine's highest court said officials wrongfully withheld records about a settlement payment to a Black inmate who alleged he had been assaulted by guards while awaiting trial.

In a rare decision, Maine's highest court said officials wrongfully withheld records about a settlement payment to a Black inmate who alleged he had been assaulted by guards while awaiting trial.

The county's insurer paid $30,000 to settle the complaint by an inmate who was pepper-sprayed in 2019.

A Superior Court justice ordered the Maine County Commissioners Association self-funded risk management pool to pay attorneys' fees and release the wrongfully withheld documents detailing a settlement with a former Kennebec County jail inmate who alleged that officers used excessive force and racial slurs against him.

A Superior Court justice ordered the Maine County Commissioners Association self-funded risk management pool to pay attorneys' fees and release the wrongfully withheld documents detailing a settlement with a former Kennebec County jail inmate who alleged that officers used excessive force and racial slurs against him.

A Superior Court justice ordered the Maine County Commissioners Association self-funded risk management pool to pay attorneys' fees and release the wrongfully withheld documents detailing a settlement with a former Kennebec County jail inmate who alleged that officers used excessive force and racial slurs against him.

Kennebec County settles excessive force lawsuit against jail guard The countys insurer paid $30,000 to settle the complaint by an inmate who was pepper-sprayed in 2019. Share Kennebec County has settled a federal lawsuit brought by a man who said a jail guard used pepper spray on him and then assaulted him while he was confined in 2019. Jonathan Afanador filed his excessive force complaint in the U.S. District Court of Maine in July. He sued the county and the individual guard, and both filed ...