Free Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:02-cv-01302-JCH

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT SHAWN POULIOT Plaintiff v. PAUL ARPIN VAN LINES, INC. et al. Defendants : : : : : : : : :

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:02 CV 1302 (JCH) JUDGE JANET C. HALL

February 8, 2006

DEFENDANTS' RENEWED MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW Pursuant to Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendants Paul Arpin Van Lines, Inc. and Arpin Logistics, Inc., hereby move for judgment as a matter of law on the following grounds: (1) the owner-operator agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants bars any liability for the defendants for injuries arising out of the performance of that agreement; and (2) the plaintiff was an employee of the defendants. Pursuant to Local Rule 7(a), a memorandum of law in support of the defendants' motion is submitted herewith.

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Respectfully submitted,

Daniel J. Krisch, Esq. CT 21994 Michael S. Taylor, Esq. CT 14650 Horton, Shields & Knox, P.C. 90 Gillett Street Hartford, CT 06105 (860) 522-8338 fax (860) 728-0401 [email protected] [email protected] Harold J. Friedman, Esq. CT 23785 Karen Frink Wolf, Esq. CT 26494 Friedman. Gaythwaite, Wolf & Leavitt Six City Center, P.O. Box 4726 Portland, ME 04112-4726 (207) 761-0900 (207) 761-0186 (Fax) [email protected] [email protected]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing was mailed via U.S. First Class Mail on February 8, 2006, to the following:

Michael A. Stratton, Esq. Stratton Faxon 59 Elm Street New Haven, CT 06510 Thomas J. Grady, Esq. Lenihan Grady & Steele 6 Canal Street PO Box 541 Westerly, RI 02891-0541 Harold J. Friedman, Esq. Karen Frink Wolf, Esq. Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf & Leavitt Six City Center, P.O. Box 4726 Portland, ME 04112-4726

Roland F. Moots, Jr., Esq. Moots, Pellegrini, Spillane & Mannion 46 Main Street, PO BOX 1319 New Milford, CT 06776-1319

Daniel J. Krisch

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