38 M.R.S. § 727
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38 §727. If complaint abates, rights preserved by new complaint
Official statutory text
If a complaint referenced in section 725 or 726 is abated or defeated for want of form, or if, after a verdict for the plaintiff, judgment is reversed, the plaintiff may bring a new complaint at any time within one year and recover the damages sustained during the 3 years preceding the institution of the first complaint, or at any time afterwards. [PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §139 (AMD).]
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